Erschienen in:
01.07.2020 | Clinical Image
Tumoral calcinosis in dermatomyositis
verfasst von:
Mohammad Khudadah, Ali S. M. Jawad
Erschienen in:
Clinical Rheumatology
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Ausgabe 11/2020
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Excerpt
A 31-year-old Bengali woman complained of discomfort on sitting on hard surfaces over the preceding few weeks. She also felt hard lumps on the junction of the buttocks and legs. Nine years earlier, she was diagnosed with dermatomyositis (DM) (proximal muscle weakness, very high creatine kinase, positive muscle biopsy, heliotrope rash, and interstitial lung disease with positive Jo-1 antibodies). Her DM was very severe especially the lungs requiring prednisolone and intravenous cyclophosphamide for 2 years. Currently, her condition was stable on weekly 12.5 mg methotrexate and 5 mg prednisolone. She walks slowly using a stick. …