Anti MDA-5 associated rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease complicated by viral pneumonia - a fatal outcome

• Main Authors: Saikat Mitra (Author), Nithye Parvathy (Author), Mandeep Garg (Author), Shritik Devkota (Author), Sandeep Bansal (Author), Inderpaul Singh Sehgal (Author), Kirti Gupta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Dermatomyositis is a heterogeneous systemic disease, with 7% to 10% of the individuals presenting the Anti MDA-5 antibody. This subset of patients has clinically amyotropic dermatomyositis, presenting with cutaneous ulcer and rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease. We report the case of a 22-...