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The authors report a 40-year-old Caucasian man with relapsing muscle and skin involvement of dermatomyositis treated with high-dose corticosteroids, taken orally, and methotrexate and human gamma globulin, both administered intravenously. After 4 months of aggressive treatment, he presented with generalized edema, considered secondary to dermatomyositis. Aggressive immunosuppression did not stop disease progression. The literature concerning anasarca due to inflammatory myopathies is revised.
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Werner de Castro, G., Appenzeller, S., Bértolo, M. et al. Acute dermatomyositis with subcutaneous generalized edema. Clin Rheumatol 25, 898–900 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-005-0053-9
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