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Dermatomyositis (DM) can occur in both adults and juveniles with considerable clinical differences. The links between immune-mediated mechanisms and vasculopathy with respect to development of perifascicular pathology are incompletely understood. We investigated skeletal muscle from newly diagnosed,
Dermatomyositis is an inflammatory myopathy characterized by symmetrical proximal muscle weakness and skin changes. Muscle biopsy hallmarks include perifascicular atrophy, loss of intramuscular capillaries, perivascular and perimysial inflammation and the overexpression of IFN-inducible genes. Among
A 39-year-old woman admitted with multiple joint pain, hand rashes, and shortness of breath was diagnosed with anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (MDA5) antibody-positive dermatomyositis (DM) with interstitial pneumonia (IP). Because of progressive dyspnea and hypoxemia, her IP was
A 58-year-old male was admitted to our hospital because of periungual nailfold an erythema and erythematous rash on the dorsal joints of his hands and feet, but no muscle weakness. He was thus diagnosed to have amyopathic dermatomyositis. He had moderate hypoxemia and his chest computed tomography
Dermatomyositis and vasculitic neuropathies are disorders with immune mediated ischemic injuries. Cellular responses to hypoxia include the hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1)-induced transcription of genes involved in angiogenesis. To study their possible roles in those disorders, the
BACKGROUND
Dermatomyositis associated with anti-MDA-5 autoantibodies is a recently-described clinical entity. Herein we report two lethal cases involving pneumocystis pneumonia.
METHODS
Case no 1. A 56-year-old male patient developed cutaneous symptoms consistent with dermatomyositis without
Amyopathic dermatomyositis (ADM) is a clinical subtype of dermatomyositis, characterized by the absence of motor weakness and the presence of normal muscle enzyme levels. ADM is sometimes accompanied by neoplasm or interstitial pneumonia that shows a rapid progressive course both of them are
We report a case of corticosteroid-resistant nonspecific interstitial pneumonia associated with dermatomyositis. The patient was successfully treated with a combination of cyclosporin A (CsA) and prednisolone. A 28-year-old man was admitted complaining of skin eruptions, myalgia, and weakness, and
OBJECTIVE
The cornerstone of dermatomyositis (DM) pathogenesis involves vascular disturbance that leads to hypoxia, capillary necrosis and muscle perifascicular atrophy. Hence, the hypothesis is that the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) insertion/deletion (I/D) gene polymorphism could be
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the clinical features of the patients with dermatomyositis (DM) complicated with interstitial lung disease (ILD).
METHODS
The clinical manifestations and the laboratory data of the 20 patients with DM complicated with ILD were retrospectively analyzed.
RESULTS
Among 169 DM
The anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (MDA-5) antibody is a marker of clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis (CADM) and rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease (ILD) with acute respiratory failure. A 35-year-old woman with cervical cancer showed Gottron's papules, severe
BACKGROUND
Amyopathic dermatomyositis associated with anti-MDA5 autoantibodies is a rare and very recently described clinical entity.
METHODS
A 58-year-old woman was admitted with subacute onset of dyspnea (NYHA class IV) associated with cough, oligoarthritis of the wrists, myalgia and intermittent
A 59-year old woman had been suffering from myalgia, eruption and dyspnea on effort for a month. She was referred to our hospital because her symptoms were not improved by antibiotic therapy at a clinic. At first presentation she showed cutaneous manifestations including heliotrope eyelids and
Interstitial pneumonitis may be the presenting manifestation of polymyositis-dermatomyositis, or may occur later in the evolution of the disease. The clinical picture is characterized by non-productive cough, dyspnea and hypoxemia. The chest radiograph demonstrates interstitial infiltrates with
A 57-year-old man had been suffering from dermatomyositis and systemic sclerosis presenting interstitial pneumonia since Jan, 2004. On February 2, 2005, he was admitted to our hospital because of thrombocytopenia, hematuria and proteinuria continuing from January, 2005. Hemolytic anemia and