TY - JOUR
T1 - Juvenile amyopathic dermatomyositis
AU - Henning, J. Scott
AU - Witkiewicz, Agnieszka
AU - Schaffer, Julie V.
AU - Orlow, Seth J.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - A 3-year-old girl presented with a 6-month history of multiple, light-pink, flat-topped papules over the dorsal aspects of the metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joints of the hands and feet. Nailfold telangiectases, ragged cuticles, and a heliotrope color of the upper eyelids were also evident, but there was no clinical evidence of muscle weakness and levels of muscle enzymes were normal. A biopsy specimen from one of the papules showed a vacuolar interface dermatitis consistent with a diagnosis of dermatomyositis. This report draws attention to juvenile amyopathic dermatomyositis, which is an uncommon subtype of dermatomyositis with an excellent prognosis.
AB - A 3-year-old girl presented with a 6-month history of multiple, light-pink, flat-topped papules over the dorsal aspects of the metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joints of the hands and feet. Nailfold telangiectases, ragged cuticles, and a heliotrope color of the upper eyelids were also evident, but there was no clinical evidence of muscle weakness and levels of muscle enzymes were normal. A biopsy specimen from one of the papules showed a vacuolar interface dermatitis consistent with a diagnosis of dermatomyositis. This report draws attention to juvenile amyopathic dermatomyositis, which is an uncommon subtype of dermatomyositis with an excellent prognosis.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 16403383
AN - SCOPUS:30144436113
SN - 1087-2108
VL - 11
JO - Dermatology online journal
JF - Dermatology online journal
IS - 4
ER -