title: Panniculitis in a patient with dermatomyositis.
abstract: Panniculitis is a rarely reported clinical finding in dermatomyositis. It may precede the other manifestations associated with dermatomyositis by as much as 14 months. In all cases, myositis and panniculitis improve simultaneously during treatment. The present report describes the case of a 30-year-old female patient with clinical and histopathological findings consistent with panniculitis two months after the onset of the muscle and cutaneous symptoms that permitted diagnosis of dermatomyositis. The skin lesions regressed following steroid treatment.
authors: Hospital General de Agudos Dr. Cosme Argerich, Buenos Aires, Argentina. mariana_arias77@yahoo.com.ar
authors: Mariana
authors: M
authors: Arias
authors: María Inés
authors: MI
authors: Hernández
authors: Lais Gomes Barbosa
authors: LG
authors: Cunha
authors: María Cristina
authors: MC
authors: Kien
authors: Alejandra
authors: A
authors: Abeldaño
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003882:Dermatomyositis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015434:Panniculitis / Q000473:pathology*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology