Dermatomyositis – two clinical cases

Authors

  • Margarida Gonçalves Serviço de Medicina II – Hospital Central do Funchal
  • Gonçalo Silva Serviço de Medicina II – Hospital Central do Funchal
  • Augusto Barros Serviço de Medicina II – Hospital Central do Funchal
  • Rita Rodrigues Serviço de Medicina II – Hospital Central do Funchal
  • Paula Caldeira Serviço de Medicina II – Hospital Central do Funchal
  • Luís Freitas Serviço de Medicina II – Hospital Central do Funchal
  • Ema Freitas Serviço de Medicina II – Hospital Central do Funchal
  • Cláudia Fraga Serviço de Medicina II – Hospital Central do Funchal
  • António Caldeira Ferreira Serviço de Medicina II – Hospital Central do Funchal

Keywords:

Dermatomyositis, Heliotrope Rash, Gottron Papules

Abstract

Dermatomyositis is a rare disease characterised by proximal
muscle weakness and a typical cutaneous rash. Total or partial
recuperation occurs in the majority of the patients with the institution of corticosteroid therapy.
The authors report one clinical case of Idiopathic Dermatomyositis in a 16-year-old patient, confirmed by muscular biopsy and
another clinical case of Dermatomyositis in a 47-year-old patient,
with a history of ovarian cancer.

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2007-12-31

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Gonçalves M, Silva G, Barros A, Rodrigues R, Caldeira P, Freitas L, Freitas E, Fraga C, Caldeira Ferreira A. Dermatomyositis – two clinical cases. RPMI [Internet]. 2007 Dec. 31 [cited 2024 Nov. 25];14(4):206-13. Available from: https://revista.spmi.pt/index.php/rpmi/article/view/1573

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Vol. 14 No. 4 (2007): Outubro/ Dezembro

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