Debilitating Periorbital Edema Secondary to Anti-SAE Dermatomyositis
Dermatomyositis (DM) is an autoimmune inflammatory myopathy with heterogeneous systemic and cutaneous manifestations. Certain forms of DM have isolated skin findings without overt myositis and are called amyopathic DM. Myositis-specific autoantibodies are associated with distinct phenotypes of DM th...
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| author | Gayane Matusov Toan Do Richard Keating Geva Mannor Andrew White |
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| description | Dermatomyositis (DM) is an autoimmune inflammatory myopathy with heterogeneous systemic and cutaneous manifestations. Certain forms of DM have isolated skin findings without overt myositis and are called amyopathic DM. Myositis-specific autoantibodies are associated with distinct phenotypes of DM that can support the diagnosis and better define management and prognostication. We describe a case of amyopathic DM with the presence of the small ubiquitin-like modifier activation enzyme 1 autoantibody presenting with severe, debilitating periorbital edema. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-73df20063b604f5787f00e722a5a95f92025-08-20T03:32:57ZengAmerican College of PhysiciansAnnals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases2767-76642025-07-014710.7326/aimcc.2025.0236Debilitating Periorbital Edema Secondary to Anti-SAE DermatomyositisGayane Matusov0Toan Do1Richard Keating2Geva Mannor3Andrew White41Department of Internal Medicine, Scripps Green Hospital, La Jolla, California3Division of Allergy & Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California4Division of Rheumatology, Division of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, Scripps Clinic Medical Group, La Jolla, California5Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, Scripps Clinic, San Diego, California6Division of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, Scripps Clinic Medical Group, La Jolla, CaliforniaDermatomyositis (DM) is an autoimmune inflammatory myopathy with heterogeneous systemic and cutaneous manifestations. Certain forms of DM have isolated skin findings without overt myositis and are called amyopathic DM. Myositis-specific autoantibodies are associated with distinct phenotypes of DM that can support the diagnosis and better define management and prognostication. We describe a case of amyopathic DM with the presence of the small ubiquitin-like modifier activation enzyme 1 autoantibody presenting with severe, debilitating periorbital edema.https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/aimcc.2025.0236 |
| spellingShingle | Gayane Matusov Toan Do Richard Keating Geva Mannor Andrew White Debilitating Periorbital Edema Secondary to Anti-SAE Dermatomyositis Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases |
| title | Debilitating Periorbital Edema Secondary to Anti-SAE Dermatomyositis |
| title_full | Debilitating Periorbital Edema Secondary to Anti-SAE Dermatomyositis |
| title_fullStr | Debilitating Periorbital Edema Secondary to Anti-SAE Dermatomyositis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Debilitating Periorbital Edema Secondary to Anti-SAE Dermatomyositis |
| title_short | Debilitating Periorbital Edema Secondary to Anti-SAE Dermatomyositis |
| title_sort | debilitating periorbital edema secondary to anti sae dermatomyositis |
| url | https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/aimcc.2025.0236 |
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