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[Anatomoclinical expressions of polymyositis in the child. 23 cases].
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Annales de pediatrie [Ann Pediatr (Paris)] 1989 Apr; Vol. 36 (4), pp. 237-43. - Publication Year :
- 1989
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Abstract
- Childhood polymyositis is generally believed to exhibit specific characteristics including involvement of multiple systems, absence of malignancies, severe outcome, cortico-resistance, perforations of the bowel, and inflammatory vasculitis. On the basis of our experience with 23 cases and a review of the literature, we divide childhood polymyositis into five groups: 1) Severe acute dermatomyositis (11 cases) that fits the description above; 2) subacute or chronic polymyositis (4 cases) that resembles the chronic forms seen in adults; 3) infantile polymyositis (3 cases) whose inflammatory origin has not been proved and whose cause may be dystrophic; 4) inclusion polymyositis (2 cases) that are identical with adulthood inclusion myositis; 5) segmentary polymyositis (3 cases). Thus, in children as in adults, polymyositis remains an obscure disease and is a syndrome rather than an entity.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
Myositis classification
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- French
- ISSN :
- 0066-2097
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Annales de pediatrie
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 2742307