General Internal Medicine

Dermatomyositis

Questions discussed in this category

Is a biopsy of either skin or muscle always indicated in the diagnosis of dermatomyositis?

1 Answer available

How do you screen dermatomyositis patients for malignancy if they have a high risk antibody profile (NXP-2/TIF1gamma positive) and their initial screen is negative?

1 Answer available

Would you avoid combining JAK inhibitors with IVIG given the risk of thromboembolism?

4 Answers available

How do you recommend tapering IVIG in patients whose inflammatory myositis has achieved remission?

4 Answers available

How long can you treat dermatomyositis with IVIG?

3 Answers available

Do you feel comfortable using azathioprine for dermatomyositis in patients with cirrhosis?

For example, in the setting of cirrhosis incidentally found on imaging.

2 Answers available

How do you manage a case of dermatomyositis that is proven on skin biopsy and clinically has proximal muscle weakness but normal muscle enzymes, including CK, aldolase?

2 Answers available

How do you manage dermatomyositis related to underlying malignancy?

Is there a role of immunosuppression or treating underlying malignancy will be enough?

1 Answer available

What is the negative predictive value of a negative extended myositis panel in dermatomyositis patients?

2 Answers available

If you have clinical suspicion for a paraneoplastic process (e.g. dermatomyositis or pemphigus), what work-up do you pursue?

1 Answer available

Does calcinosis appear differently in patients with dermatomyositis compared to systemic sclerosis?

1 Answer available

What is your first treatment of choice in patients with dermatomyositis sine myositis?

1 Answer available

Papers discussed in this category

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Systemic Treatment for Clinically Amyopathic Dermatomyositis at 4 Tertiary Care Centers.

, 2016 Aug 30

Treatment of clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis in adults: a systematic review.

Minerva Gastroenterol Dietol, 2016 Sep 07

Glutathione in the treatment of liver diseases: insights from clinical practice.

Free Radic Biol Med,

Effect of liver cirrhosis and age on the glutathione concentration in the plasma, erythrocytes, and gastric mucosa of man.

Rheum Dis Clin North Am, 2020 Aug

Risk Factors and Cancer Screening in Myositis.

Rheumatology (Oxford),

A systematic review and meta-analysis to inform cancer screening guidelines in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies.

The British journal of dermatology, 2019-11

Utilization patterns and performance of commercial myositis autoantibody panels in routine clinical practice.

Frontiers in immunology, 2019

Comparison of Three Immunoassays for the Detection of Myositis Specific Antibodies.

J Am Acad Dermatol, 2020 Sep 04

Accuracy of commercial panels to evaluate myositis autoantibodies: A single-institution perspective.

Rheumatology (Oxford),

The reliability of immunoassays to detect autoantibodies in patients with myositis is dependent on autoantibody specificity.

N Engl J Med, 2022 Oct 06

Trial of Intravenous Immune Globulin in Dermatomyositis.

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