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Calcinosis cutis with ossification in juvenile dermatomyositis Volume 7, numéro 7, October - November 1997

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  • Page(s) : 525-6
  • Année de parution : 1997

It is not uncommon for patients with juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) to have calcinosis cutis [1, 2]. However, to our knowledge, there has been only one case report of ossification in calcinosis [1]. A 22-year-old, female Japanese patient, who had been treated for JDM for 15 years presented with numerous subcutaneous nodules at the knees with the recent onset of pain in the left knee. Two of the resected nodules showed calcification [...]