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The Ewha Medical Journal
Ewha Womans University School of Medicine

Ewha Med J 1989; 12(2):155-160

pISSN: 1598-7450

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12771/emj.1989.12.2.155

Case Report

Two Cases of Childhood Dermatomyositis

Hong Yong Kim, Hyung Chul Kang, Hong Il Kook

Copyright ⓒ 1989. Ewha Womans University School of Medicine. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Published Online: Jul 24, 2015

Abstract

We present two cases of childhood dermatomyositis. Case 1 was a 4 year old girl who developed erythematous swelling on the face, violaceous papules on the dorsum of the hands, and progressive muscle weakness which led to walking difficulty. Case 2 was a 11 year old girl who had diffuse erythematous confluent patches with fine scales on the face. Poikilodermatous changes on the whole body and progressive muscle weakness in lower extremities developed. These cases were confirmed by clinical appearance, laboratory findings and histopathologic findings.