An itchy rash and muscle weakness

Dermatomyositis is a rare disease affecting primarily skin and muscles and is associated with malignancies, especially in at‐risk patients. Clinical presentations vary widely but proximal muscle weakness and typical skin findings should prompt consideration of the diagnosis. Immunosuppressive therap...

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Autores principales: Risavi, Brian L., Puller, Justin, Juhasz, Kristin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8405535/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34484777
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4750
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description Dermatomyositis is a rare disease affecting primarily skin and muscles and is associated with malignancies, especially in at‐risk patients. Clinical presentations vary widely but proximal muscle weakness and typical skin findings should prompt consideration of the diagnosis. Immunosuppressive therapy is required, as is continued screening for malignant disease during follow‐up.
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spelling pubmed-84055352021-09-03 An itchy rash and muscle weakness Risavi, Brian L. Puller, Justin Juhasz, Kristin Clin Case Rep Case Report Dermatomyositis is a rare disease affecting primarily skin and muscles and is associated with malignancies, especially in at‐risk patients. Clinical presentations vary widely but proximal muscle weakness and typical skin findings should prompt consideration of the diagnosis. Immunosuppressive therapy is required, as is continued screening for malignant disease during follow‐up. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-08-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8405535/ /pubmed/34484777 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4750 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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