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Juvenile dermatomyositis

Ugeskrift for Læger, 2023
Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is a rare condition, which causes inflammation in children’s skin and musculoskeletal systems. Symptoms include characteristic skin rashes on the face and extremities, muscle pain and weakness. This is a case report of a ten-year-old boy initially suspected of having lupus erythematosus. He was later diagnosed with JDM by
Vigand Svendsen, Sebastian, Zeraiq, Lina, Christensen, Anne Estmann, Gotthard Mørtz, Charlotte   +3 more
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Calcinosis in juvenile dermatomyositis: Updates on pathogenesis and treatment

Frontiers in Medicine, 2023
Calcinosis, or the deposition of insoluble calcium salts in the skin, subcutaneous tissue, fascia, tendons, and muscles, is a feared complication of juvenile dermatomyositis.
Caitlan S. Pinotti, Laura Cannon, Jeffrey A. Dvergsten, Eveline Y. Wu, Eveline Y. Wu   +4 more
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Distinct by Design: Unraveling the Unique Clinical and Transcriptomic Identity of Juvenile Scleromyositis Overlap Compared to Juvenile Systemic Sclerosis and Juvenile Dermatomyositis: Implications for Care and Pathogenesis. [PDF]

ACR Open Rheumatol
Objective To characterize clinical and transcriptomic differences in juvenile scleromyositis overlap (jOverlap) compared to juvenile systemic sclerosis (jSSc) and juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM), focusing on autoantibody profiles, organ involvement, treatment, and peripheral blood gene expression.
Robinson AD, Pain CE, Morgan GA, Sanyal A, Chaparala S, Pachman LM, Torok KS.   +6 more
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Transition From Juvenile Dermatomyositis to Spondyloarthritis: A Novel Overlapping Inflammatory Phenotype [PDF]

ACR Open Rheumatol
Objective Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is a rare childhood inflammatory myopathy, whereas spondyloarthritis (SpA) is an inflammatory arthropathy characterized by enthesitis and peripheral or axial involvement. We describe a series of patients diagnosed with JDM in childhood who later fulfilled classification criteria for SpA, a sequential phenotype ...
Grooms A, Karageorgiou I, Mychaliska K, Birmingham J.   +3 more
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An 8-year-old-girl with juvenile dermatomyositis and autoimmune thyroiditis in Tanzania: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2021
Background Juvenile dermatomyositis is an inflammatory disease of muscles, skin, and blood vessels of unknown cause affecting all age and ethnic groups, with a reported incidence of 1.9–4.1 per million.
Fatima Mussa, Neema Nalitolela, Francis Fredrick   +2 more
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Juvenile dermatomyositis and nephrotic syndrome: A case report and a mini literature review

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023
BackgroundRenal involvement is rarely reported in juvenile dermatomyositis and may be caused by the toxic effects of myoglobinuria or an autoimmune reaction. We report a case of dermatomyositis and nephrotic syndrome in a child to explore the association
Weiran Zhou, Linlin Dong, Xuemei Liu, Chunhua Dong, Hongxia Zhang   +4 more
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Erythroderma as a presenting sign of juvenile overlap syndrome

Indian Journal of Paediatric Dermatology, 2023
Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM), which is rarely presented with erythroderma, and juvenile morphea are both autoimmune connective tissue diseases. We report a 14-year-old male child with resistant generalized erythroderma and mild proximal muscle weakness
Sarah Hamdy Soliman, Sameh Sarsik, Nehal Mohamed Elshebiny, Rania Ahmed El-Tatawy, Noha Nabil Doghaim, Nesrin Sabry Gomaa   +5 more
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A rare case of suspected lupus erythematosus panniculitis as the presenting skin feature of juvenile dermatomyositis: A case report

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2022
Juvenile dermatomyositis is a rare autoimmune myopathy of childhood, associated with systemic vasculopathy, primarily affecting the capillaries. Panniculitis is seen histologically in about 10% of patients with dermatomyositis; however, its clinical ...
Dylan C Ginter, Michele L Ramien, Marie-Anne Brundler, Laura C Swaney, Paivi MH Miettunen, Nadia JC Luca   +5 more
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Juvenile Dermatomyositis

Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, 2022
Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is a systemic capillary vasculopathy. Patients present with proximal muscle weakness, raised muscle enzymes, and pathognomic skin rashes such as heliotrope rash, Gottron's papules. Main complications are calcinosis, lipodystrophy, osteoporosis. Complement-mediated damage of vessels is a major mechanism. Magnetic resonance
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Case of a fatal lung disease in a child with juvenile dermatomyositis

Zdorovʹe Rebenka, 2017
The article presents a case of a fatal lung disease in a child with juvenile dermatomyositis. Juvenile dermatomyositis is a serious disease with an unpredictable course, and lung damage in juvenile dermatomyositis is one of the most severe manifestations
O.A. Oshlianska, L.I. Omelchenko, L.F. Slepova, O.P. Gladyshko, V.G. Ivanova, V.V. Krat   +5 more
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