Superimposed Segmental Manifestation of Juvenile Amyopathic Dermatomyositis in a 9-year-old Boy

Dermatomyositis is a well-known autoimmune disorder. On the other hand, juvenile amyopathic dermatomyositis (JADM) occurs rather rarely. Here, we report an unusual case in a 9-year-old Turkish boy showing a unilateral linear inflammatory skin lesion that was followed, after 16 months, by the appeara...

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Autores principales: Bulur, Isil, Erdogan, Hilal Kaya, Saracoglu, Zeynep Nurhan, Happle, Rudolf, Canaz, Funda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
Materias:
E-IJD Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5527735/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28794565
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijd.IJD_335_16
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Sumario:Dermatomyositis is a well-known autoimmune disorder. On the other hand, juvenile amyopathic dermatomyositis (JADM) occurs rather rarely. Here, we report an unusual case in a 9-year-old Turkish boy showing a unilateral linear inflammatory skin lesion that was followed, after 16 months, by the appearance of bilateral disseminated features JADM.

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