Amyopathic dermatomyositis

Last revised by Rohit Sharma on 5 Jun 2024

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Citation:

Weerakkody Y, Sharma R, Amyopathic dermatomyositis. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 05 Jun 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-68913

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-68913

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/68913

rID:

68913

Article created:

19 Jun 2019, Yuranga Weerakkody ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Yuranga Weerakkody had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

5 Jun 2024, Rohit Sharma ◉

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At the time the article was last revised Rohit Sharma had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.

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Revisions:

3 times, by 2 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Musculoskeletal

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Synonyms:

Clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis
Clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis (CADM)
Amyopathic dermatomyositis (ADM)

Amyopathic dermatomyositis (ADM) is recognized as a distinct subtype of dermatomyositis, an idiopathic inflammatory myopathy, whereby there is a typical skin rash of classic dermatomyositis but without clinical muscle involvement.

Pathology

Amyopathic dermatomyositis may be further divided into:

Associations

interstitial lung disease:
malignancy
- according to one study, malignancy of the genitourinary organs (most common), aerorespiratory organs and breast were the most commonly observed solid organ tumors².