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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1974;17(4):325-330. Published online April 30, 1974.

A Case Report of the Dermatomyositis

Y Choi¹, H.J. Chang¹, D.H Ahn¹, K.W Ko¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Seoul National University

Abstract

A case of dermatomyositis in an eleven year old girl with typical picture of violaceous eyelid lesion, together with dermato-skeletal manifestation and febrile episode is presented with a brief review of literature. While in exacerbations with multiple episodes of hospitalization, she developed a stormy course of severe hepatic involvement with impending hepatic coma, however, responded to prednisolone treatment, now being in remission for over 2 1/2 years.

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