Dystrophic calcinosis cutis in a patient with classic dermatomyositis

dermatomyositis calcinosis cutis

Authors

  • Nancy Vargas
    nancypaola.vargas@gmail.com
    Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital General San Juan de Dios, Guatemala, Guatemala., Guatemala
  • Alexis Monroy Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital General San Juan de Dios, Guatemala, Guatemala., Guatemala
  • Diego Cruz Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital General San Juan de Dios, Guatemala, Guatemala., Guatemala
  • Renato Meléndez Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital General San Juan de Dios, Guatemala, Guatemala., Guatemala
April 23, 2021
August 8, 2021

A 41-year-old woman with past medical history of dermatomyositis diagnosed 6 years earlier, on treatment with prednisone and hydroxychloroquine. She had been well until 3 months before her admission, when she began with multiple and painful skin le