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- Title
A first case report of a patient with paraneoplastic dermatomyositis developing diffuse alveolar haemorrhage.
- Authors
Do-Pham, G.; Pagès, C.; Picard, C.; Galicier, L.; Lémann, M.; Dubertret, L.; Viguier, M.
- Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 67-year-old woman with paraneoplastic dermatomyositis (DM) developing diffuse alveolar haemorrhage (DAH). She received high-dose steroids and prednisone and intravenous cyclophosphamide pulses. In three weeks of treatment, her respiratory function improved, skin rash vanished, and muscle strength was restored. It describes the successful treatment of diffuse alveolar haemorrhage (DAH) occurrence in the course of dermatomyositis (DM).
- Subjects
CASE studies; DERMATOMYOSITIS; TREATMENT of diseases in older people; HEMORRHAGE treatment; STEROID drugs; PREDNISONE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
British Journal of Dermatology, 2010, Vol 163, Issue 1, p227
- ISSN
0007-0963
- Publication type
Letter
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2133.2010.09800.x