Dermatomyositis

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

Cheilitis

Inflammation of the lip.


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PMID (PMCID)
12671581
 MALE Middle Aged
[Simvastatin-induced lichen planus pemphigoides].
Stoebner PE, Michot C, Ligeron C, Durand L, Meynadier J, Meunier L.
Ann Dermatol Venereol. 2003;130(2 Pt 1):187-90.
Simvastatin may induce various drug eruptions such as pruritus, eczematous rash, cheilitis, angio-oedema and urticaria, porphyria cutanea tarda, lupus-like syndrome, dermatomyositis and lichenoid eruption.