Morphoea with Myositis: A Rare Association

In this case, we describe an unusual presentation of a young woman with a rash typical of morphoea (confirmed on biopsy), who went on to develop myositis in an atypical distribution. Although the association of myositis with diffuse systemic sclerosis is well described, the link with localised scler...

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Autores principales: Sommerlad, Mary, Bull, Richard, Gorman, Claire
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3420678/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22937437
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/134705
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description In this case, we describe an unusual presentation of a young woman with a rash typical of morphoea (confirmed on biopsy), who went on to develop myositis in an atypical distribution. Although the association of myositis with diffuse systemic sclerosis is well described, the link with localised scleroderma (morphoea) and myositis has not been described.
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spelling pubmed-34206782012-08-30 Morphoea with Myositis: A Rare Association Sommerlad, Mary Bull, Richard Gorman, Claire Case Rep Rheumatol Case Report In this case, we describe an unusual presentation of a young woman with a rash typical of morphoea (confirmed on biopsy), who went on to develop myositis in an atypical distribution. Although the association of myositis with diffuse systemic sclerosis is well described, the link with localised scleroderma (morphoea) and myositis has not been described. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-10-20 /pmc/articles/PMC3420678/ /pubmed/22937437 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/134705 Text en Copyright © 2011 Mary Sommerlad et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Morphoea with Myositis: A Rare Association
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title_short Morphoea with Myositis: A Rare Association
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