Rheumatic Diseases of Childhood: Juvenile Dermatomyositis with Calcinosis Cutis
These images depict a 14-year-old boy with a two-year history of proximal muscle weakness affecting both upper and lower limbs, and a skin rash affecting his face. He was diagnosed with juvenile dermatomyositis and developed calcinosis over both legs with skin infection and ulceration. Plain X-ray of both his pelvis and femurs showed reticular pattern calcinosis. He had a poor response to a infliximab.
Hala Fadhil Hasan, MBChB, is a rheumatology fellow at Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Iraq, and a lecturer and faculty member of Alkindy Medical College, University of Baghdad.
