Abstracts tagged "cutaneous manifestations and dermatomyositis"

Abstract Number: 305 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
The “Sleeve Sign”� in Dermatomyositis
Arash Lahoutiharahdashti¹, Julie J. Paik², Jemima Albayda¹, Andrew Mammen^3,4 and Lisa Christopher-Stine⁵, ¹Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Center Tower Ste 5300, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁴NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁵Ste 4100 Rm 409, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Dermatomyositis (DM) is a subset of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, characterized by proximal skeletal muscle weakness and skin manifestations. Several skin eruptions have been described…
Abstract Number: 2226 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Systemic Treatment for Clinically Amyopathic Dermatomyositis
Janice Lin¹, Alisa Femia², Mital Patel¹, Joseph Merola¹ and Ruth Ann Vleugels¹, ¹Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Dermatology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis (CADM) is an important subset and accounts for approximately 20% of patients with dermatomyositis (DM). CADM is characterized by the presence…