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Dermatomyositis with Multiple Skin Ulcers Showing Vasculitis and Membrano‐cystic Lesion
Author(s) -
Yamamoto Toshiyuki,
Ohkubo Hiroko,
Katayama Ichiro,
Nishioka Kiyoshi
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1994.tb01818.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatomyositis , vasculitis , lesion , dermatology , biopsy , skin biopsy , pathology , disease
A 63‐year‐old woman with dermatomyositis (DM) developed multiple punched‐out ulcers of the skin. She had not only a past history of gastric cancer 10 years prior to the onset of DM, but also a familial history of cancer. A skin biopsy from one of the ulcers revealed both vasculitis and membrano‐cystic lesion in the same specimen. She died of interstitial pneumonitis one year after the onset of DM. Vasculitis and membrano‐cystic lesion may be an important marker of a poor prognosis in DM.