Dermatomyositis is an autoimmune condition that causes skin changes and muscle weakness. Symptoms can include a red skin rash around the eyelids, red bumps around the joints, and muscle weakness in the arms and legs. Dermatomyositis is most common in adults between ages 40 and 60, or in children between ages 5 and 15.

• Inflammatory  immune disease affecting
  • skeletal muscle
  • skin
  • joints – arthritis
  • GI tract
  • Lungs
    • ILD
      • NSIP
      • UIP
      • Acute Interstitial Pneumonia
  • Cardiac involvement
    • Involves small vessels
      • CAD
      • Myocarditis
        • conduction abnormalities and arrhythmias
        • CHF
      • Common cause of death
  • Raynaud’s

• Links and References

  Dilaveris P et al Inducible Ventricular Tachycardia Due to Dermatomyositis-Related Cardiomyopathy in the Era of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy
  Circulation. 2012;125:967–969

  Lundberg I E  The heart in dermatomyositis and polymyositis  Rheumatology, Volume 45, Issue suppl_4, October 2006, Pages iv18–iv21