[Dermatomyositis. Presentation of a mild to moderate case with early dysphagia]

Autor: M, Sánchez Carbonell, H, Climent Antolí, A L, Leandro Fonseca, J M, Paricio Talayero, P, Escrivá Tomás
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Anales de pediatria (Barcelona, Spain : 2003). 82(1)
ISSN: 1695-9531
Popis: We report the case of a twelve year old female patient with juvenile dermatomyositis. The diagnosis was made in our unit a few days after starting with proximal muscular weakness and a skin rash. A combination of oral corticosteroids and methotrexate was administered. There was an initial improvent in the skin lesions, but with no changes in the muscle weakness. The appearance of dysphagia a few days after starting the treatment led us to add three pulses of parenteral methylprednisolone to her initial treatment. We report the case to illustrate the difficulties in deciding initial treatment options.
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