[Dermatomyositis associated with lethal pulmonary fibrosis and cutaneous necrosis (author's transl)].
This clinical report concerns a 57 year old woman with dermatomyositis and cardiac involvement. After an apparent clinical and biological improve of the muscular and myocardic symptoms, a pulmonary involvement was reported. There was a persistent high rate of lacticodeshydrogenase serum activity. Then, cutaneous ulcerations and necrosis appeared on the extremities of limbs. Dermatomyositis associated with cutaneous necrosis and pulmonary fibrosis has a very severe prognosis.
D003882:Dermatomyositis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis / Q000209:etiology; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000209:etiology*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*
Dermatomyosite, fibrose pulmonaire léthale, nécroses cutanées (A propos d'un cas).