DERMATOMYOSITIS
Authors: V. P.  SYDENSTRICKER, D. R.  THOMAS JR.
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1935)

Article1 February 1935DERMATOMYOSITISV. P. SYDENSTRICKER, M.D., F.A.C.P., D. R. THOMAS JR., M.D.V. P. SYDENSTRICKER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, D. R. THOMAS JR., M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-8-8-959 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDermatomyositis was described by Steiner1as "an acute, subacute or chronic disease of unknown origin, characterized by gradual onset with vague and indefinite prodromata followed by edema, dermatitis and multiple muscle inflammation." If this description be amended to read "multiple non-suppurative muscle inflammation," it becomes definitive. Although the disease was recorded independently by E. Wagner,2Unverricht3and Hepp4in 1887, Steiner was able to collect only 28 undoubted cases in 1905. Since then some 75 additional instances have been noted, practically all in the English, German and American literature. Excellent reviews are those of Rosenthal and Hoffman5and Wheeler and...References1. STEINER WR: Dermatomyositis, with report of a case which presented a rare muscle anomaly but once described in man, Jr. Exper. Med., 1905, vi, 407-442. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. WAGNER E: Ein Fall von acuter Polymyositis, Deutsch. Arch. f. klin. Med., 1886-1887, xl, 241-266. Google Scholar3. UNVERRICHT H: Polymyositis acuta progressiva, Ztschr. f. klin. Med., 1887, xii, 553. Google Scholar4. HEPP P: Pseudotrichinose eine besondere Form von acuter parenchymatose Myositis, Berl. klin. Wchnschr., 1887, xxiv, 297. Google Scholar5. ROSENTHALHOFFMAN CH: Über gewisse seltene muskuläre Affektionen und ihre Beziehungen zur Sklerodermie, Deutsch. Ztschr. f. Nervenh., 1924, lxxx, 1-27. Google Scholar6. WHEELERHARBIN PHM: Dermatomyositis, Arch. Dermat. and Syph., 1932, xxvi, 1039-1051. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. BARKER NW: An unusual case of dermatomyositis, Proc. Staff Meet. Mayo Clin., 1930, v, 169-172. Google Scholar8. ALLEN W: Dermatomyositis or scleroderma? Arch. Dermat. and Syph., 1929, xix, 265-269. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. LANGMEAD FS: The relationship between certain rare diseases: generalized scleroderma, calcinosis, dermatomyositis, myositis fibrosa, Arch. Pediat., 1923, xl, 112-120. Google Scholar10. MCLESTER JS: Dermatomyositis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1926, lxxxvii, 1990. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. SICK K: Akute rezidivierende Polymyositis in epidemisches Auftreten, München. med. Wchnschr., 1905, lii, 1092; 1152. Google Scholar12. WERMER P: Ein Fall von primär chronischer Dermatomyositis, Wien. med. Wchnschr., 1927, lxxvii, 1759. Google Scholar13. MCGARRAHAN JC: Dermatomyositis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1934, cii, 680-681. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Augusta, Georgia*Received for publication August 20, 1934.From the Department of Medicine, University of Georgia School of Medicine, Augusta, Ga. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byDermatomyositis a Vocal and Swallowing Disease EntityDermatomyositis: Diagnostic features and therapeutic pitfallsDERMATOMYOSITIS AS AN INDEX OF MALIGNANT NEOPLASM: REPORT OF A CASE AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE*MATTHEW J. BRUNNER, M.D., ROCCO V. LOBRAICO JR., M.D.Die kryptogenen Myopathien 1 February 1935Volume 8, Issue 8Page: 959-965KeywordsDermatomyositisEdemaInflammationMuscles ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 February 1935 PDF downloadLoading ...