title: [Peripheral neuropathy with autonomous nervous system involvement in the course of dermatomyositis].
abstract: A peripheral neuropathy occurs rarely during the course of an inflammatory myopathy. Once the classical aetiologies of peripheral neuropathies are ruled out, the diagnosis of neuromyositis can be accepted. We report a patient with dermatomyositis who presented a peripheral neuropathy revealed by dysautonomia. The presence of associated vasculitis led us to consider that this constituted the mechanism of the neurological involvement.
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine interne, hôpital Saint-Antoine, 184, rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine, 75012 Paris, France. murielle.gain@sat.aphp.fr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gain
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kettaneh
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weissenburger
authors.forename: K-P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Tiev
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Toledano
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Josselin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cherin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cabane
mesh_terms: D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D003882:Dermatomyositis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged