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Mechanic's Hands and Drug Eruption to Hydroxychloroquine: Precious Diagnostic Tools
| Resumo: | The clinical diagnosis of dermatomyositis can be difficult and challenging. In the right clinical setting and with the use of the recently described myositis specific antibodies, an earlier diagnosis can be made and therapeutic approaches promptly started, minimizing the risk of disease progression. We herein present a case of a patient with mechanic’s hands and a previously documented drug eruption to hydroxychloroquine. Although these clinical findings are not pathognomonic of dermatomyositis, in the right clinical scenario, they are precious diagnostic tools. |
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| Autores principais: | Sanches, Maria Mendonça |
| Outros Autores: | Pimenta, Rita; Cordeiro, Inês; Baptista, Bernardo |
| Assunto: | Autoantibodies Dermatomyositis Drug Eruptions Hand Dermatoses Hydroxychloroquine/adverse effects Ubiquitin- Activating Enzymes Anticorpos Dermatoses da Mão Dermatomiosite Enzimas Ativadoras de Ubiquitina Erupção por Medicamentos Hidroxicloroquina/efeitos adversos |
| Ano: | 2020 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | unknown |
| Instituição associada: | Sociedade Portuguesa de Dermatologia e Venereologia |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Portuguese Journal of Dermatology |
| Resumo: | The clinical diagnosis of dermatomyositis can be difficult and challenging. In the right clinical setting and with the use of the recently described myositis specific antibodies, an earlier diagnosis can be made and therapeutic approaches promptly started, minimizing the risk of disease progression. We herein present a case of a patient with mechanic’s hands and a previously documented drug eruption to hydroxychloroquine. Although these clinical findings are not pathognomonic of dermatomyositis, in the right clinical scenario, they are precious diagnostic tools. |
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