Case of anti-MDA-5 positive dermatomyositis with rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease

BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Apr 29;13(4):e235493. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-235493.

Authors

Ardy Fenando¹, Kim Firn², Stefanie Louissa³, Ammarah Hussain⁴

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine, Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan, USA Fenandoa@msu.edu.
² Penn Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
³ Anatomy Department, Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Jakarta Utara, Indonesia.
⁴ University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: connective tissue disease; interstitial lung disease; pneumomediastinum.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Autoantibodies / blood*
Computed Tomography Angiography
Dermatomyositis / diagnosis*
Dermatomyositis / diagnostic imaging
Dermatomyositis / drug therapy
Diagnosis, Differential
Disease Progression
Humans
Interferon-Induced Helicase, IFIH1 / immunology*
Lung Diseases, Interstitial / diagnosis*
Lung Diseases, Interstitial / diagnostic imaging
Lung Diseases, Interstitial / drug therapy
Male
Middle Aged
Prednisone / therapeutic use

Substances

Autoantibodies
IFIH1 protein, human
Interferon-Induced Helicase, IFIH1
Prednisone