Rapidly progressive melanoma differentiation-associated protein 5-positive amyopathic dermatomyositis in an HIV-positive patient

Ashutosh Sharma; Marie Hudson; Kevin Watters; Robin Billick; Sabrina Fallavolita; Elena Netchiporouk

doi:10.1016/j.jdcr.2017.01.013

Rapidly progressive melanoma differentiation-associated protein 5-positive amyopathic dermatomyositis in an HIV-positive patient

JAAD Case Rep. 2017 Mar 22;3(2):158-161. doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2017.01.013. eCollection 2017 Mar.

Authors

Ashutosh Sharma¹, Marie Hudson², Kevin Watters³, Robin Billick⁴, Sabrina Fallavolita², Elena Netchiporouk⁴

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
² Department of Rheumatology, Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
³ Department of Pathology, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
⁴ Department of Dermatology, Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: ART, antiretroviral therapy; CADM, clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis; DM, dermatomyositis; HIV; ILD, interstitial lung disease; MDA5, melanoma differentiation–associated protein 5; MFU, median fluorescence units; amyopathic dermatomyositis; dermatomyositis; interstitial lung disease; melanoma differentiation–associated protein 5.

Publication types

Case Reports