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Case Number : Case 799 - 10th July Posted By: Guest

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54 years-old female with inflammatory myopathy, on high dose prednisone. A skin biopsy from the right thigh was taken.

Case posted by Dr. Hafeez Diwan.
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Guest Romualdo

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Drug induced lupus erythematosus.

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Guest Romualdo

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Yes, [url="https://dermpathpro.com/user/149-i-abdul-kadir/"][color="#151b54"]I. Abdul-kadir[/color][/url] is probably correct! I did not remember dermatomyositis. Although epidermal alterations are almost identical in the two conditions the meager inflammatory infiltrate and the clinical information of myopathy are in keeping with dermatomyositis.

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IgorSC
Dermatomyositis. The biopsy findings are the same (lupus and dermatomyositis).

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Dr. Mona Abdel-Halim

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DM vs LE. I think mucin is seen in the third image, this will favor LE.

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Robledo F. Rocha

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[size="4"][size=4]On microscopic pictures alone, I favor dermatomyositis over lupus erythematous just because lymphocytic infiltrate is sparse, but this finding is not enough to rule out lupus erythematous once both diseases share many microscopic features, including increased dermal mucin. [/size][/size]
[size="4"][size=4]On the other hand, history case of inflammatory myopathy strengthens the hypothesis of dermatomyositis. Furthermore, in dermatomyositis it’s not uncommon a mismatched response to systemic corticosteroid between muscle disease and cutaneous manifestations.[/size][/size]

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Guest Jim Davie MD

Guest Jim Davie MD

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[size=4]Systemic lupus erythematosus, vs. dermatomyositis.

- Clinical inflammatory myopathy can be seen in both diseases.
- I agree the histology is too close for differentiation. (Steroids may cause a sparse inflammatory infiltrate, otherwise a sparse inflammatory infiltrate might give a clue for slightly favoring DM, as Robledo mentioned.)

Direct immunofluorescence studies (negative in DM, sometimes positive in systemic LE) and ANA serologies may be useful for this case, in the absence of additional clinical clues.[/size]

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Dr. Hafeez Diwan

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I called this dermatomyositis. A muscle biopsy showed marked myositis.

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