Authors : Amrutha Garikapati, Amrutha Garikapati, Sunil Kumar, Sunil Kumar, Parth Godhiwala, Parth Godhiwala, Ayush Somani, Ayush Somani, Atma Nayak, Atma Nayak
DOI : 10.18231/j.agems.2019.004
Volume : 6
Issue : 1
Year : 2019
Page No : 11-12
Dermatomyositis, an idiopathic inflammatory myopathy, is one of the rare causes of limbs paresis. The characteristic feature is skin involvement which differentiates this from other inflammatory myopathy. Here we report a case of severe dermatomyositis as his Creatine Phosphokinase (CPK) level was 32,000 who presented with weakness in all four limbs without any dermatological signs.
Keywords: Dermatomyositis, Creatinine kinase, Quadriparesis, Elderly.