Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3385355 | Revista Colombiana de Reumatología | 2014 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
The case is presented of a 32 year-old woman with indurated, raised and painful plaques in the skin of 2 years onset. It began in the legs, but later with a generalized extension to other regions, with evidence of cutaneous lesions very suggestive of dermatomyositis. The skin biopsy reported as calcinosis; initially without clinical evidence of inflammatory muscle compromise. A Nuclear Magnetic Resonance study and muscle biopsy showed this compromise, leading to the diagnosis of hypomyopathic dermatomyositis and universal calcinosis, two pathologies with rare presentation in an adult patient.
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Authors
Alejandro Escobar Trujillo, John Londoño, Ana Milena Arbeláez, Claudia Mora, Ana MarÃa Arredondo, Sebastián Segura, Rafael Valle-Oñate,