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MeSH Heading: Dermatomyositis
Tree Number(s): C05.651.594.819.500; C10.668.491.562.575.500; C17.300.250; C17.800.185
Unique ID: D003882
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003882
Annotation: coordinate with PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES if pertinent
Scope Note: A subacute or chronic inflammatory disease of muscle and skin, marked by proximal muscle weakness and a characteristic skin rash. The illness occurs with approximately equal frequency in children and adults. The skin lesions usually take the form of a purplish rash (or less often an exfoliative dermatitis) involving the nose, cheeks, forehead, upper trunk, and arms. The disease is associated with a complement mediated intramuscular microangiopathy, leading to loss of capillaries, muscle ischemia, muscle-fiber necrosis, and perifascicular atrophy. The childhood form of this disease tends to evolve into a systemic vasculitis. Dermatomyositis may occur in association with malignant neoplasms. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1405-6)
Entry Term(s): Dermatomyositis, Adult Type; Dermatomyositis, Childhood Type; Dermatopolymyositis; Juvenile Dermatomyositis; Juvenile Myositis; Polymyositis-Dermatomyositis
NLM Classification #: WE 550
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/10/10

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0006061
Scope Note: A subacute or chronic inflammatory disease of muscle and skin, marked by proximal muscle weakness and a characteristic skin rash. The illness occurs with approximately equal frequency in children and adults. The skin lesions usually take the form of a purplish rash (or less often an exfoliative dermatitis) involving the nose, cheeks, forehead, upper trunk, and arms. The disease is associated with a complement mediated intramuscular microangiopathy, leading to loss of capillaries, muscle ischemia, muscle-fiber necrosis, and perifascicular atrophy. The childhood form of this disease tends to evolve into a systemic vasculitis. Dermatomyositis may occur in association with malignant neoplasms. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1405-6)
Terms: Dermatomyositis Preferred Term
Term UI T011553
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Polymyositis-Dermatomyositis
Term UI T372461
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Dermatopolymyositis
Term UI T372462
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000)

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