European Journal of Dermatology
MENUIntramuscular haemorrhage in a patient with dermatomyositis and anti-TIF1γ antibodies Volume 28, issue 1, January-February 2018
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Department of Dermatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, 466-8550, Japan
- DOI : 10.1684/ejd.2017.3168
- Page(s) : 116-8
- Published in: 2018
Dermatomyositis (DM) is an idiopathic inflammatory myopathy with characteristic skin lesions. Several cases of dermatomyositis causing haemorrhagic myositis have been reported [1]. We report a 73-year-old Japanese man who presented with a three-month history of skin erythema with symmetric muscle weakness, who was diagnosed with dermatomyositis with anti-TIF1γ antibodies, which are known to be associated with cancer in the setting of DM [2]. During therapy, the patient presented intramuscular [...]