Dermatomyositis, Telangiectasia - DermAtlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

dermatomyositis telangiectasia

Body Site

finger nail, all

Age

11 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

grouped, clustered

Color

red

Morphology

macular / flat (macule / patch)

Pattern

symmetric acral (centripetal - extremity predominant)

Comments

This 11-year-old girl with dermatomyositis in remission demonstrates an artistic nail polish job and residual telangiectasias at the base of her nails. She was diagnosed with dermatomyositis 4 years ago and was taking low dose (replacement) oral prednisolone. Muscle strength was normal

Description

multiple telangiectasias

Image Added

9/9/2010 21:34:34

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