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Dermatomyositis

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Inflammatory disorder of the skin AND skeletal muscle with unknown etiology

2
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What can dermatomyositis be associated with?

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Carcinoma

3
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What is the presentation of dermatomyositis?

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Proximal muscle weakness

4
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Besides lupus what can a molar rash be indicative of?

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Dermatomyositis

5
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What area is inflamed in dermatomyositis?

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Perimysial inflammation

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Polymyositis

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Inflammatory disorder of skeletal muscle without skin involvement

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What are is inflamed in polymyositis?

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Endomysial inflammation

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X-linked Muscular Dystrophy

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Degenerative disorder of muscle wasting with replacement of skeletal muscle by adipose tissue

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What is the cause of x-linked muscular dystrophy?

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Due to deletions of dystrophin - disease AKA Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy

10
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What disease can calf pseudo hypertrophy indicate?

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X-linked Muscular Dystrophy

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Becker Muscular Dystrophy

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Similar to Duchenne’s but is milder as it is a dystrophin mutation rather than a deletion

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