title: Polymyositis presenting with panniculitis.
abstract: Although microscopic areas of panniculitis may frequently occur in patients with dermatomyositis and polymyositis, large, clinically obvious plaques are unusual. We report a patient with polymyositis who initially had panniculitis of the thigh. Histologically, a lobular lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate was present in the subcutis.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009220:Myositis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D010201:Panniculitis, Nodular Nonsuppurative / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D010950:Plasma Cells / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D013848:Thigh