Juvenile Onset Clinically Amyopathic Dermatomyositis Presenting as Calcinosis Cutis
Journal Title: Journal of Enam Meical College - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 2
Abstract
Dermatomyositis (DM) is an autoimmune inflammatory disorder characterized by involvement of muscles and skin. Classical dermatomyositis (CDM) patients display the hallmark cutaneous manifestations of dermatomyositis (DM), proximal muscle weakness, and laboratory evidence of myositis. Rarely, DM presents with cutaneous features of the disease without muscle involvement for a period of more than six months. Such cases are classifed into a category of clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis (CADM) which includes amyopathic DM and hypomyopathic DM. We present a case of a 14-year-old child who presented with calcinosis cutis and cutaneous fndings suggestive of the disease without muscle involvement. The child was diagnosed as a case of juvenile onset CADM.
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Kuldeep Verma, Mudita Gupta, Saru Thakur
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- EP ID EP36303
- DOI https://doi.org/10.3329/jemc.v8i2.36734
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