Onset of juvenile dermatomyositis following varicella infection in a 12-month-old child: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Infections can act as a trigger for juvenile dermatomyositis, with a predominance of respiratory tract infections reported previously. We present the first case of juvenile dermatomyositis following varicella infection to be described in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION: A 15-month-ol...

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Autores principales: McCrea, Nadine, Al-Sabbagh, Afraa, Ahmed, Soliman, Walker, David, Rangaraj, Satyapal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3946129/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24529167
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-8-54
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author McCrea, Nadine
Al-Sabbagh, Afraa
Ahmed, Soliman
Walker, David
Rangaraj, Satyapal
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description INTRODUCTION: Infections can act as a trigger for juvenile dermatomyositis, with a predominance of respiratory tract infections reported previously. We present the first case of juvenile dermatomyositis following varicella infection to be described in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION: A 15-month-old Caucasian girl was diagnosed with juvenile dermatomyositis 3 months after a varicella infection. The diagnosis was challenging due to her young age, but was supported by magnetic resonance imaging, and confirmed following a later appearance of the characteristic skin rash. CONCLUSION: Varicella infection may be a trigger for juvenile dermatomyositis. Further understanding of disease triggers is required.
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spelling pubmed-39461292014-03-09 Onset of juvenile dermatomyositis following varicella infection in a 12-month-old child: a case report McCrea, Nadine Al-Sabbagh, Afraa Ahmed, Soliman Walker, David Rangaraj, Satyapal J Med Case Rep Case Report INTRODUCTION: Infections can act as a trigger for juvenile dermatomyositis, with a predominance of respiratory tract infections reported previously. We present the first case of juvenile dermatomyositis following varicella infection to be described in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION: A 15-month-old Caucasian girl was diagnosed with juvenile dermatomyositis 3 months after a varicella infection. The diagnosis was challenging due to her young age, but was supported by magnetic resonance imaging, and confirmed following a later appearance of the characteristic skin rash. CONCLUSION: Varicella infection may be a trigger for juvenile dermatomyositis. Further understanding of disease triggers is required. BioMed Central 2014-02-15 /pmc/articles/PMC3946129/ /pubmed/24529167 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-8-54 Text en Copyright © 2014 McCrea et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited.
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McCrea, Nadine
Al-Sabbagh, Afraa
Ahmed, Soliman
Walker, David
Rangaraj, Satyapal
Onset of juvenile dermatomyositis following varicella infection in a 12-month-old child: a case report
title Onset of juvenile dermatomyositis following varicella infection in a 12-month-old child: a case report
title_full Onset of juvenile dermatomyositis following varicella infection in a 12-month-old child: a case report
title_fullStr Onset of juvenile dermatomyositis following varicella infection in a 12-month-old child: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Onset of juvenile dermatomyositis following varicella infection in a 12-month-old child: a case report
title_short Onset of juvenile dermatomyositis following varicella infection in a 12-month-old child: a case report
title_sort onset of juvenile dermatomyositis following varicella infection in a 12-month-old child: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3946129/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24529167
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-8-54
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