A Case of Amyopathic Dermatomyositis with Pneumomediastinum and Subcutaneous Emphysema

A 34-year-old man was admitted with dyspnea, cough, and fever. Thorax computed tomography revealed ground glass opacities and pneumomediastinum. The patient was diagnosed as amyopathic dermatomyositis due to skin lesions and radiological findings. Despite immunosuppressive treatment clinical deterio...

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Autores principales: Gürün Kaya, Aslıhan, Çiledağ, Aydın, Küçükşahin, Orhan, Özdemir Kumbasar, Özlem, Atasoy, Çetin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4628679/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26557403
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/813902
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Sumario:A 34-year-old man was admitted with dyspnea, cough, and fever. Thorax computed tomography revealed ground glass opacities and pneumomediastinum. The patient was diagnosed as amyopathic dermatomyositis due to skin lesions and radiological findings. Despite immunosuppressive treatment clinical deterioration and radiological progression were observed and the patient died because of severe hypoxemic respiratory failure. The patient presented with extremely rare occurrence of pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema in amyopathic dermatomyositis with a poor prognosis.

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