467 Immunological signature of amyopathic dermatomyositis

Amyopathic dermatomyositis--an uncommon presentation of dermatomyositis.

Erosive arthropathy in amyopathic dermatomyositis.

Sirs, Articular symptoms are reported in 25-50% p atients with idiopathic infl a m m at o ry myopathies (IIM) (1,2). Arthropathy in IIM is typically symmetri c a l , n o n d e fo rm i n g and non-erosive (1-4). A subluxing arthropathy, which may be associated with eros i o n , has been described in IIM pat i e n t s with anti-synthetase antibodies (2, 4-9). We report a patient with amyopathic d...

Panniculitis associated with amyopathic dermatomyositis*

Panniculitis is a rare clinical finding in dermatomyositis, with less than 30 cases reported and there is only one case associated with the amyopathic subtype described in the literature. The present report describes a 49-year-old female patient that one year after being diagnosed with amyopathic dermatomyositis, presented indurated, painful, erythematous to violaceous nodules located on the up...

Cutaneous amyloidosis associated with amyopathic dermatomyositis.

Interstitial lung disease in amyopathic dermatomyositis, dermatomyositis and polymyositis.

This study investigated interstitial pneumonia associated with amyopathic dermatomyositis, dermatomyositis and polymyositis, paying particular attention to muscular and/or cutaneous manifestations and their chronology relative to lung involvement. Patients included four males and 13 females, aged 51.7+/-10.8 yrs, who had surgical lung biopsy. Diagnoses included dermatomyositis (10 patients), po...