Panniculitis associated with amyopathic dermatomyositis

Panniculitis is a rare clinical finding in dermatomyositis, with less than 30 cases reported and there is only one case associated with the amyopathic subtype described in the literature. The present report describes a 49-year-old female patient that one year after being diagnosed with amyopathic de...

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Autores principales: Azevedo, Paula de Oliveira, Castellen, Natalia Roberta, Salai, Ana Flávia, Barbosa, Fernanda Santana, Alves, Célia Antônia Xavier de Moraes, Pinto, Clóvis Antonio Lopes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5871377/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29641712
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20186597
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author Azevedo, Paula de Oliveira
Castellen, Natalia Roberta
Salai, Ana Flávia
Barbosa, Fernanda Santana
Alves, Célia Antônia Xavier de Moraes
Pinto, Clóvis Antonio Lopes
author_facet Azevedo, Paula de Oliveira
Castellen, Natalia Roberta
Salai, Ana Flávia
Barbosa, Fernanda Santana
Alves, Célia Antônia Xavier de Moraes
Pinto, Clóvis Antonio Lopes
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description Panniculitis is a rare clinical finding in dermatomyositis, with less than 30 cases reported and there is only one case associated with the amyopathic subtype described in the literature. The present report describes a 49-year-old female patient that one year after being diagnosed with amyopathic dermatomyositis, presented indurated, painful, erythematous to violaceous nodules located on the upper limbs, thighs and gluteal region. Skin biopsy revealed lobular panniculitis with a lymphocytic infiltrate. The patient was treated with prednisone and methotrexate, but remained unresponsive to treatment.
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spelling pubmed-58713772018-03-29 Panniculitis associated with amyopathic dermatomyositis Azevedo, Paula de Oliveira Castellen, Natalia Roberta Salai, Ana Flávia Barbosa, Fernanda Santana Alves, Célia Antônia Xavier de Moraes Pinto, Clóvis Antonio Lopes An Bras Dermatol Case Report Panniculitis is a rare clinical finding in dermatomyositis, with less than 30 cases reported and there is only one case associated with the amyopathic subtype described in the literature. The present report describes a 49-year-old female patient that one year after being diagnosed with amyopathic dermatomyositis, presented indurated, painful, erythematous to violaceous nodules located on the upper limbs, thighs and gluteal region. Skin biopsy revealed lobular panniculitis with a lymphocytic infiltrate. The patient was treated with prednisone and methotrexate, but remained unresponsive to treatment. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC5871377/ /pubmed/29641712 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20186597 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivative License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited and the work is not changed in any way.
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Panniculitis associated with amyopathic dermatomyositis
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