PM_DM Flashcards
PM/DM
Polymositis/dermatoyositis
PM
chronic muscle weakness and chronic inflamm infiltrate muscle tissue ? CD8+ T cell-mediated muscle injury
DM
chronic muscle weakness and chronic inflamm infiltrate muscle tissue + skin rashes ? complement-mediated vasculopathy
PM/DM ? Assoc.
Neoplastic disease, Autoimmune diseases (Scleroderma, mixed connective tissue disease [MCTD], Sjogren’s, SLE)
PM/DM ? Group I
Primary idiopathic PM
PM/DM ? Group II
Primary idiopathic DM
PM/DM ? Group III
PM/DM assoc w/ neoplasia
PM/DM ? Group IV
Childhood DM (PM rare)
PM/DM ? Group V
PM/DM assoc w/ another rheum/CT disease
PM/DM ? S/S, muscle
muscle weakness, low endurance, proximal mm early and severe, (half) pain/tenderness, (severe) upper esophagus + respiratory
PM/DM ? S/S, skin
Gottron’s papules, heliotrope rash, V-sign, shawl sign, mechanic’s hands, calcinosis cutis, periungual erythema / nail-fold telangiectasias / cuticular overgrowth (DM), holster sign
PM/DM ? S/S, extra-muscular
constitutional, GI, Pulm, Cardiac, MSK, Vascular, Anti-synthetase syndrome
PM/DM ? S/S, constitutional
weight loss, fever, fatigue
PM/DM ? S/S, GI
dysphagia, intestinal perforation (juvenile DM)
PM/DM ? S/S, pulmonary
pulmonary fibrosis, aspiration pneumonia