phuluong2k
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A 50-year-old woman presents with complaints of difficulty rising
from a chair or combing her hair. Physical examination is remarkable
for erythema and edema of cheeks, eyelids, and the backs of the hands.
The lesions have a distinctive mauve color and mauve papules are noted
on the knuckles. Approximately 30% of patients with this disorder
also may have
A. a mutation in a skeletal muscle protein
B. abnormal circulating lymphocytes with cerebriform nuclei
C. an underlying malignancy
D. bacillary bodies in macrophages in the lamina propria of the intestine
E. flattening and blunting of villi in the jejunum
Plz explain and give the diagnosis of this patient
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| kmp
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C. an underlying malignancy
I am thinking of dermatomyositis. And the patches on the nuckels should be Gottrons Patches.
And they have incresed risk for malignant neoplasms.
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| phuluong2k
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thanks
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