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Query: UMLS:C0011633 (dermatomyositis)
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We described a 44-year-old man developing dermatomyositis (DM) and nephrotic syndrome (NS). Renal biopsy revealed diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis (DPGN) with depositions of immunoglobulin and complements. A combination therapy of steroid and cyclophosphamide (CTX) was found very effective for the patient. Chronic glomerulonephritis is rare in DM. In our review of related literature, membranous glomerulonephritis (MN) is the main type of glomerular lesion, another type is mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis (mesPGN). Here we reported a case of DM associated with DPGN developing NS, which was not found in existing literature. Although glomerulonephritis is uncommon in patients with DM, renal pathology is not as simplex as previously thought, and treatment with steroid or/and cytotoxic drugs is favorable for prognosis.
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PMID:Diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis associated with dermatomyositis with nephrotic syndrome. 1953 41

We report our experience of treating polymyositis (PM) and dermatomyositis (DM) with prednisone and immunosuppressants (methotrexate [MTX], cyclophosphamide [CTX], cyclosporine A [CsA], mycophenolate mofetil [MMF] and intravenous immunoglobulins [IVIg]). We revised our series of 63 subjects with primary PM or DM and overlap myositis, diagnosed according to the Bohan and Peter criteria. We used a standardised protocol to evaluate patients, and assess treatment response. Complete remission was achieved in 26, 60, 82, and 85% of subjects treated with MTX, CTX, CsA-IVIg and MMF-IVIg, respectively. Patients receiving CsA or MMF plus IVIg had a significantly higher probability of maintaining complete remission at long-term follow-up than those treated with immunosuppressant alone. In our experience, IVIg as add-on treatment with CsA or MMF is useful in patients with myositis, even those with refractory or relapsed disease. We did not find any increase in the number or type of side effects.
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PMID:[Immunosuppressant treatment in refractory myositis. Our experience]. 2003 Jan 67

Autoimmune diseases can cause various kinds of lung injuries. Clinical features of a case of overlap syndrome with multiple pulmonary injuries were investigated, and the treatment experiences discussed. The patient suffered from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) at first, and then had a lobectomy surgery due to the rheumatoid nodules in her right lung. A year later her disease was diagnosed as amyopathic dermatomyositis (ADM) with typical Gottron's sign, craftsmen hands and rapid-progressive organizing pneumonia (OP). After a combined treatment with glucocorticoids (GCs) and cyclophosphamide (CTX), her OP became better but lung infections progressed. Her lung infections eventually were cured after we used antibiotics and antifungal treatment while we ceased to use CTX and reduced the dosage of GCs. The clinical feature of the patient was overlap syndrome with a variety of lung injuries, such as pulmonary rheumatoid nodules, OP, secondary bronchopleural fistula and lung infections. Its diagnosis and treatment experiences could improve our understanding of pulmonary manifestations of connective tissue disease and improve our diagnosis and treatment level.
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PMID:[A case of clinical overlap syndrome of rheumatoid arthritis and amyopathic dermatomyositis with multiple pulmonary injuries]. 2533 10