Dermatomyositis

A type of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy characterized by evocative skin lesions and symmetrical proximal muscle weakness.

Pain

An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage.


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PMID (PMCID)
19441746
FEMALE Middle Aged
[Therapeutic strategies in idiopatic inflammatory myopathies].
Chakour R, Leimgruber A, Bart PA, Spertini F.
Rev Med Suisse. 2009;5(199):812-8.
Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, such as polymyositis and dermatomyositis, share common clinical features such as progressive, symmetrical muscle weakness prevailing in the lower limbs, associated sometimes with muscle pains.