[Dermatomyositis and eclampsia. Analysis of a case and review of the literature].

Dermatomyositis is an inflammatory disease of unknown etiology whose association to pregnancy is uncommon. The impact of dermatomyositis with uncomplicated pregnancy while active is very high for the fetus without major maternal consequences. The monitoring of cases with pregnancy associated hypertension and dermatomyositis, must be performed independently for the mother and the fetus, since fetal prognosis is usually bad and does not modify with treatment. The case presented herein is to our knowledge the first with eclampsia and dermatomyositis which ended in a normal product delivered and the mother decreased.