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Clinico pathological study of adult dermatomyositis: Importance of muscle histology in the diagnosis
AIMS: To study the histological features on muscle biopsy and correlate them with clinical features, other laboratory data in adult patients to make a diagnosis of dermatomyositis (DM), applying the European Neuromuscular center (ENMC) criteria. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Adult patients who fulfilled cl...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4445196/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26019418 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-2327.150603 |
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author | Karri, Sudhir Babu Kannan, Meena Anga Muthu Rajashekhar, Liza Uppin, Megha S. Challa, Sundaram |
author_facet | Karri, Sudhir Babu Kannan, Meena Anga Muthu Rajashekhar, Liza Uppin, Megha S. Challa, Sundaram |
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description | AIMS: To study the histological features on muscle biopsy and correlate them with clinical features, other laboratory data in adult patients to make a diagnosis of dermatomyositis (DM), applying the European Neuromuscular center (ENMC) criteria. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Adult patients who fulfilled clinical, laboratory, and muscle biopsy findings according to ENMC criteria for DM during the period 2010–2013 were included in the study. Cryostat sections of muscle biopsy were reviewed with emphasis on Perifascicular atrophy (PFA), perivascular/endomysial inflammation. Muscular dystrophies and metabolic myopathies were excluded by appropriate immunohistochemistry and special stains. RESULTS: The diagnosis of adult DM was made in 45 patients out of 170 clinically suspected idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. These included 33 definite, 4 probable, 7 possible sine dermatitis, and 1 amyopathic DM. All patients with definite DM had typical rash and proximal muscle weakness and muscle biopsy showed PFA with or without inflammation. Thirteen patients had quadriparesis, neck muscle weakness, dysphagia/dysphonia at presentation. Patients with probable DM had rash and showed perivascular/endomysial inflammation with no PFA. Possible DM sine dermatitis showed PFA with perivascular/endomysial infiltrates. One patient of amyopathic DM had typical heliotrope rash and characteristic skin biopsy. CONCLUSIONS: Histological features are important for the diagnosis of DM. Relying on PFA for diagnosis of definite DM underestimates the true frequency of DM. |
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spelling | pubmed-44451962015-05-27 Clinico pathological study of adult dermatomyositis: Importance of muscle histology in the diagnosis Karri, Sudhir Babu Kannan, Meena Anga Muthu Rajashekhar, Liza Uppin, Megha S. Challa, Sundaram Ann Indian Acad Neurol Original Article AIMS: To study the histological features on muscle biopsy and correlate them with clinical features, other laboratory data in adult patients to make a diagnosis of dermatomyositis (DM), applying the European Neuromuscular center (ENMC) criteria. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Adult patients who fulfilled clinical, laboratory, and muscle biopsy findings according to ENMC criteria for DM during the period 2010–2013 were included in the study. Cryostat sections of muscle biopsy were reviewed with emphasis on Perifascicular atrophy (PFA), perivascular/endomysial inflammation. Muscular dystrophies and metabolic myopathies were excluded by appropriate immunohistochemistry and special stains. RESULTS: The diagnosis of adult DM was made in 45 patients out of 170 clinically suspected idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. These included 33 definite, 4 probable, 7 possible sine dermatitis, and 1 amyopathic DM. All patients with definite DM had typical rash and proximal muscle weakness and muscle biopsy showed PFA with or without inflammation. Thirteen patients had quadriparesis, neck muscle weakness, dysphagia/dysphonia at presentation. Patients with probable DM had rash and showed perivascular/endomysial inflammation with no PFA. Possible DM sine dermatitis showed PFA with perivascular/endomysial infiltrates. One patient of amyopathic DM had typical heliotrope rash and characteristic skin biopsy. CONCLUSIONS: Histological features are important for the diagnosis of DM. Relying on PFA for diagnosis of definite DM underestimates the true frequency of DM. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4445196/ /pubmed/26019418 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-2327.150603 Text en Copyright: © Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Karri, Sudhir Babu Kannan, Meena Anga Muthu Rajashekhar, Liza Uppin, Megha S. Challa, Sundaram Clinico pathological study of adult dermatomyositis: Importance of muscle histology in the diagnosis |
title | Clinico pathological study of adult dermatomyositis: Importance of muscle histology in the diagnosis |
title_full | Clinico pathological study of adult dermatomyositis: Importance of muscle histology in the diagnosis |
title_fullStr | Clinico pathological study of adult dermatomyositis: Importance of muscle histology in the diagnosis |
title_full_unstemmed | Clinico pathological study of adult dermatomyositis: Importance of muscle histology in the diagnosis |
title_short | Clinico pathological study of adult dermatomyositis: Importance of muscle histology in the diagnosis |
title_sort | clinico pathological study of adult dermatomyositis: importance of muscle histology in the diagnosis |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4445196/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26019418 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-2327.150603 |
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