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Anti-MDA5 antibody-positive bullous dermatomyositis with thyroid carcinoma Volume 28, issue 3, May-June 2018

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Department of Dermatology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Setatsukinowa, Otsu, Shiga 520-2192, Japan

A 38-year-old female was referred to our hospital on January 2017 due to general malaise and eruptions on her face and hands. Past medical history was relevant for asthma and parathyroid adenoma. Physical examination showed Gottron's sign on the dorsum of the hands, palmar papules (figure 1A), scaly erythema on the knees and elbows, a painful ulcer on the left lumbar region (figure 1B), and small vesicles on both wrists (figure 1C). Laboratory investigation revealed elevated serum levels of aldolase [...]