Open AccessRadiographic Patterns of Soft Tissue Calcinosis in Juvenile Dermatomyositis and its Clinical Implications
Author(s) -
Shantiranjan Sanyal,
Swapndeep Singh Atwal,
Debopriyo Mondal,
Umesh Chandra Garga
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/10787.5321
Subject(s) - juvenile dermatomyositis , dermatomyositis , calcinosis , soft tissue , medicine , calcification , pathology , dystrophic calcification , connective tissue disease , radiography , disease , dermatology , radiology , autoimmune disease
Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM) is a rare autoimmune inflammatory disease of muscles affecting children and adolescents with soft tissue calcification and varying systemic involvement. Though diagnosis is primarily by clinical, biochemical and histopathological tests, Imaging has unique significance from characterizing the calcinosis, detecting early changes in muscle in active phase of the disease, diagnosing potential complications,rule out other important differentials, guide biopsies ,and assessing the progress on follow up. Four distinct patterns of calcinosis have been described in relation to dermatomyositis which need to be differentiated from other aetiologies of soft tissue calcification and myopathies.