Herpes Simplex Viral Infection in Dematomyositis and Polymyositis Patient
Brief Discussion
Dermatomyositis & Polymyositis
“Muscular
weakness”is a common dominator
* Three forms of
thoracic involvement
1. Hypoventilation
and respiratory failure (respiratory m.)
2.
Interstitial pneumonitis
3. aspiration
pneumonia (pharyngeal m.)
-
Fraser & Muller & Pare
* Pulmonary disease in polymyositis/dermatomyositis
: A clinicopathologic analysis of 65 autopsy cases.
Sx
- dyspnea (31), cough (23), chest pain (6)
Autopsy
-
bronchopneumonia (35)
- interstitial lung disease
(27)
- pulmonary vasculitis (5)
(
Lakhanpal S, et al, Ann Rheum Dis 46:23, 1985 )