Lúcio Filho Carlos E P, Carvalho Lorena I M, Carvalho Luciano L, Almeida Maria do Socorro T M, Budaruiche José Salomão
Serviço de Clinica Médica do Hospital Getúlio Vargas Universidade Federal do Piauí.
Acta Reumatol Port. 2008 Apr-Jun;33(2):238-42.
Juvenile dermatomyositis is a rare autoimmune disease characterized by inflammation of the muscle skin and other organs. Although localized edema is a common feature of juvenile dermatomyositis generalized edema has been reported infrequently. We describe a patient with dermatomyositis and anasarca and present a brief review of the literature.