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Articles tagged with "Clinically Amyotrophic Dermatomyositis (CADM)"

Case Report: Rapidly Progressive Interstitial Lung Disease in a 6-Year-Old

Anusha Vuppala, MD, & Sarwat Umer, MD  |  

Clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis (CADM), a rare subset of dermatomyositis (DM), is an autoimmune disease characterized by cutaneous findings of typical DM without evidence of myositis. Childhood presentation of CADM is rare, and not many studies describe the epidemiology of juvenile CADM.1,2 Although lung disease is rare among patients with juvenile DM, a few reports have…

The initial physical examination was significant for a nonblanching, papular rash along the palmar aspects of the hands and digits, periungual erythema, and edema and tenderness of the proximal and distal interphalangeal joints of the hands.

Case Report: A Patient with Clinically Amyotrophic Dermatomyositis & Associated ILD & RA Overlap

Vania Lin, MD, MPH, & Leah Krull, MD  |  

Clinically amyotrophic dermatomyositis (CADM), a subset of dermatomyositis (DM), is a rare autoimmune disease characterized by typical DM cutaneous findings (e.g., heliotrope rash, Gottron papules, Gottron sign) without evidence of myositis.1 The incidence of DM and CADM is approximately 9.63 per 1 million people and 2.08 per 1 million people, respectively.2 The association with development…