Coexisting Juvenile Dermatomyositis and Sickle Cell Disease: Maintaining a High Degree of Suspicion - 14/12/17
Doi : 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.03.038
Ellen Fraint, MD 1, * 
, Maureen Leffler, DO, MPH 1, 2, Corinna L. Schultz, MD, MSHP 1, 3
, Maureen Leffler, DO, MPH 1, 2, Corinna L. Schultz, MD, MSHP 1, 3 1 Department of Pediatrics, Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE
2 Division of Rheumatology, Nemours Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Wilmington, DE
3 Nemours Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Wilmington, DE
*Reprint requests: Ellen Fraint, MD, Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, 1600 Rockland Rd, Wilmington, DE 19803.Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children1600 Rockland RdWilmingtonDE19803
Abstract |
Juvenile dermatomyositis is an idiopathic inflammatory myopathy of childhood not previously described in a patient with sickle cell disease. We present a case of an 11-year-old girl with sickle cell disease who was diagnosed subsequently with juvenile dermatomyositis, and highlight the diagnostic and therapeutic challenges of these concurrent chronic diseases.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : rheumatology, hematology, pain, weakness
Abbreviations : AVN, IV, JDM, MRI, SCD, SLE, VOC
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