A Fatal Complication of Dermatomyositis: Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum

A Fatal Complication of Dermatomyositis: Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum

Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a negative prognostic factor associated with increased morbidity and mortality in patients with dermatomyositis (DM). Spontaneous pneumomediastinum is a rare complication of DM and it can be fatal. We present a 48-year-old woman with DM and ILD complicated by pneum...

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Main Authors: Ezgi Demirdöğen Çetinoğlu, Ediz Dalkılıç, Muharrem Erol, Nilüfer Aylin Acet, Ahmet Ursavaş, Ercüment Ege
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-04-01
Series:Eurasian Journal of Pulmonology
Subjects:
Dermatomyositis
immunosuppressive therapy
interstitial lung disease
spontaneous pneumomediastinum
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