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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Myositis basics .................................................. 1 0ECJO=J@OUILPKIO ........................................ 3 Causes ................................................................ 7 -NKCJKOEO.......................................................... 11 Affected populations....................................... 15 Diagnosis.......................................................... 17 1NA=PIAJP......................................................... 25 /ABANAJ?AO........................................................ 31
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PHYSICIAN'S GUIDE TO MYOSITIS
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WHAT IS MYOSITIS?
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SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
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phenomenon. Patients may also have signs and symptoms of another connective tissue disease, such as systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, or mixed connective tissue disease.
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Every sign and symptom listed for polymyositis can occur in patients with dermatomyositis, although myalgia and Raynaud's phenomenon are more common. The feature differentiating the two is the presence of cutaneous involvement. Skin changes can precede, coincide with, or develop after the onset of muscle weakness.
The most characteristic cutaneous manifestations of dermatomyositis include the heliotrope eruption (pink to violaceous erythema of the eyelids, occasionally with associated edema); Gottron's papules (raised erythematous to violaceous papules or plaques on the extensor surfaces of the metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joints); and Gottron's sign ANUPDAI=PKQOPKREKH=?AKQOI=?QHAOKJPDAAH>KSO
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