Hypomyopathic dermatomyositis (HDM). HDM affects the skin and also causes arthritis. There are some changes in the muscles, but this is only found through blood tests. Clinically amyopathic ...

classic dermatomyositis rash, or biopsy indicating amyopathic disease were eligible for inclusion. Each patient underwent at least 1 CA-125 or PET/CT cancer screening test within 5 years of IIM ...

Diagnosing dermatomyositis can be challenging because its symptoms can mimic those of other conditions. A thorough medical history, physical examination, and various tests are typically required to ...

Patients’ demographic data, laboratory test results and follow-up information were recorded in detail. Laboratory test results included lymphocyte count and levels of creatine kinase, lactate ...

Dermatomyositis (DM) positive for anti-melanoma differentiation ... The patient’s condition was well controlled, with no recurrence of the disease. Laboratory tests revealed that the serum ferritin ...

Two other patients with dermatomyositis and diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis-polymyositis overlap syndrome were asymptomatic. In three cases the usual conventional screening tests were normal. For ...

In 2016, a Wisconsin family spoke out against groundwater contamination after their son was diagnosed with juvenile ...

Eight patients underwent FDG PET and 25 patients underwent FDG PET/CT. Data regarding manual muscle test were not obtained. Polymyositis dermatomyositis syndromes and non-inflammatory myopathies were ...

Necrotising myopathy and dermatomyositis are the most prevalent histopathological ... OR, p values and 95% CIs were determined using Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables. ORs were adjusted ...

Objective Anifrolumab is a fully human immunoglobulin G 1 κ monoclonal antibody specific for subunit 1 of the type I interferon (IFN) α receptor. In a phase IIb study of adults with moderate to severe ...