Dermatomyositis, Poikiloderma - DermAtlas

Contributor

Simon Yoo, MD

Diagnosis

dermatomyositis poikiloderma

Body Site

back total body

Age

62 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

confluent

Color

red

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric generalized, disseminated

Comments

This 62 year old woman complained of fatigue, low grade fevers, and a diffuse progressive red scaly rash. She had diffuse erythema and scale on her scalp and face where she also demonstrated edema of the forehead and eye lids.

Description

diffuse blanching erythema and scale

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8/19/2002 22:23:35

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