Dermatomyositis rash on knuckles

    • [DOCX File]RDS | Rheumatologic Dermatology Society

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      A disease similar to polymyositis is dermatomyositis. Dermatomyositis leads to many of the same symptoms as polymyositis, but it causes skin inflammation or a rash as well. Some other inflammatory muscle diseases are: inclusion body myositis, which progresses more slowly than other forms; myositis associated with other connective tissue ...

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    • [DOC File]AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES

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      A. dermatomyositis. The skin and muscle findings described for the child in the vignette are consistent with juvenile dermatomyositis, an inflammatory myopathy. The initial symptom usually is the rash, but weakness, possibly unrecognized by the parent, may already be present.

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    • Dermatomyositis - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

      Diagnosis and Treatment of Dermatomyositis in Middle-Aged Adults . Dermatomyositis, one of only three known inflammatory myopathies, is a systemic disease that mainly affects the skin and muscles in afflicted individuals but can also affect other areas of the body such as joints, the esophagus, lungs and heart.1,2 Inflammatory myopathies are generally considered to be …

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    • [DOCX File]NCC Pediatrics Residency at Walter Reed-Bethesda

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      1. A 32-year-old man is admitted to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. He undergoes surgery, during which the damage caused by the wound is repaired.

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    • nebula.wsimg.com

      Dermatomyositis (DM) and psoriasis are inflammatory skin disorders that have heterogeneous clinical presentations, co-morbidities, and disease courses. Skin lesions in DM patients manifest as atrophic scaly violaceous eruption on the eyelids, knuckles, shoulders, and hips.

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    • [DOCX File]www.medicinebau.com

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      Dermatomyositis is becoming more prevalent in African-American women for reasons that are poorly understood. DM is the easiest type of myositis to diagnose because of the skin rash which is often seen before any muscle weakness is felt. The DM rash looks patchy, dusky, and reddish or purple. It is found on the eyelids, cheeks, nose, back, upper ...

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    • [DOCX File]University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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      The patient has pigmentation of upper eyelids (heliotrope rash), and over his knuckles (Gottron papules). Examination of the trunk revealed erythema of the anterior chest “V-neck sign” and the upper back and shoulders “shawl sign”. CNS and muscle examination: Tone is normal. Power is decreased mainly at shoulders and hips (quadriparesis).

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    • [DOC File]Polymyositis

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      Dermatomyositis = heliotrope rash on eyes and Grotton lesions on knuckles, cancer assoc. Antibodies to microvasculature in perimysial connective tissue. Polymyositis = skin involvement and cancer association is lacking. Damage to muscle fibers by CD8+ T cells. Mixed Connective Tissue Disease. Features of SLE, polymyositis, and systemic sclerosis

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