title: Dermatomyositis and polyradiculoneuritis, a rare association.
abstract: The association between dermatomyositis and polyradiculoneuritis is rarely citated in the speciality literature. Our patient had at first a disorder that looked like dermatomyositis, then she associated polyradiculoneuritis. At the presentation to our hospital the two diseases were combined, being very difficult to differentiate. The discrimination between these two had been made by performing a muscular biopsy and EMG studies. This emphasizes once again their importance in defining the muscular impairment from the neurogenic one.
authors.affiliation: "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Department of Neurology, Colentina Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania. inimioaramihaela_cojocaru@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Inimioara Mihaela
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Cojocaru
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Socoliuc
authors.forename: Violeta
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sapira
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bastian
authors.forename: Marilena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alexianu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moldovan
mesh_terms: D003882:Dermatomyositis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis