A Challenging Inflammatory Myopathy Case-Report: Dermatomyositis-Like Rash in an Anti-HMGCR Positive Patient with an Uncertain Muscle Histology

Hugo Parente; Maria Pontes Ferreira; Catarina Soares; Emanuel Costa; Francisca Guimarães; Soraia Azevedo; Daniela Santos-Faria; José Tavares-Costa; Daniela Peixoto; Carmo Afonso; Filipa Teixeira

Mediterr J Rheumatol 2023;34(4):570-2

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A Challenging Inflammatory Myopathy Case-Report: Dermatomyositis-Like Rash in an Anti-HMGCR Positive Patient with an Uncertain Muscle Histology

Hugo Parente¹, Maria Pontes Ferreira¹, Catarina Soares¹, Emanuel Costa², Francisca Guimarães¹, Soraia Azevedo¹, Daniela Santos-Faria¹, José Tavares-Costa¹, Daniela Peixoto¹, Carmo Afonso¹, Filipa Teixeira¹

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¹Rheumatology Department, Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Minho, Ponte de Lima, Portugal

²Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal

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Cite this article as: Parente H, Pontes Ferreira M, Soares C, Costa E, Guimarães F, Azevedo S, Santos-Faria D, Tavares-Costa J, Peixoto D, Afonso C, Teixeira F. A Challenging Inflammatory Myopathy Case-Report: Dermatomyositis-Like Rash in an Anti-HMGCR Positive Patient with an Uncertain Muscle Histology. Mediterr J Rheumatol 2023;34(4):570-2

Article Submitted: 28 Feb 2023; Revised Form: 20 Apr 2023; Article Accepted: 21 Apr 2023; Available Online: 22 Aug 2023

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

https://doi.org/10.31138/mjr.220823.imc

Keywords: Anti-HMGCR, heliotrope, necrotising myopathy, inflammatory myopathy

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