Juvenile Onset Clinically Amyopathic Dermatomyositis Presenting as Calcinosis Cutis

Authors

  • Kuldeep Verma Postgraduate Student, Department of Dermatology,Venereology and Leprosy, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
  • Mudita Gupta Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
  • Saru Thakur Postgraduate Student, Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/jemc.v8i2.36734

Keywords:

Dermatomyositis, Children, Calcinosis cutis

Abstract

Dermatomyositis (DM) is an autoimmune inflammatory disorder characterized by involvement of muscles and skin. Classical dermatomyositis (CDM) patients display the hallmark cutaneous manifestations of dermatomyositis (DM), proximal muscle weakness, and laboratory evidence of myositis. Rarely, DM presents with cutaneous features of the disease without muscle involvement for a period of more than six months. Such cases are classified into a category of clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis (CADM) which includes amyopathic DM and hypomyopathic DM. We present a case of a 14-year-old child who presented with calcinosis cutis and cutaneous findings suggestive of the disease without muscle involvement. The child was diagnosed as a case of juvenile onset CADM.

J Enam Med Col 2018; 8(2): 101-104

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Author Biography

Kuldeep Verma, Postgraduate Student, Department of Dermatology,Venereology and Leprosy, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh



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Published

2018-05-30

How to Cite

Verma, K., Gupta, M., & Thakur, S. (2018). Juvenile Onset Clinically Amyopathic Dermatomyositis Presenting as Calcinosis Cutis. Journal of Enam Medical College, 8(2), 101–104. https://doi.org/10.3329/jemc.v8i2.36734

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2018)

Section

Case Reports

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