Generalized subcutaneous edema as a rare manifestation of dermatomyositis: Clinical lesson from a rare feature

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 135-137

  Haroon, Muhammad ^a   Eltahir, Ahmed ^a   Harney, Sinead ^a  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

anasarca; dermatomyositis; PET scan

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANASARCA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EDEMA; GENERALIZED SUBCUTANEOUS EDEMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; NERVE CONDUCTION; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DERMATOMYOSITIS; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SQUAMOUS CELL; RADIOTHERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79955057938     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e318214f1a9     Document Type: Article

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