[Dermatomyositis associated with lethal pulmonary fibrosis and cutaneous necrosis (author's transl)]

Autor: Jl, Bonafé, Touron P, Viraben R, Jj, Voigt, Rumeau M, Michel Krempf
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Zdroj: Europe PubMed Central
Popis: 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.
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