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Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2011

An 8-year-old girl has been admitted to the cardiology department. Objectively: there is a skin lesion over the extensor surfaces of joints with atrophic cicatrices, depigmentation, symmetrical affection of skeletal muscles (weakness, edema, hypotrophy). What disease are these changes most typical for?

Answer options

  1. Systemic scleroderma
  2. Reiter’s disease
  3. Systemic lupus erythematosus
  4. Nodular periarteritis
  5. Dermatomyositis
Correct answer

Dermatomyositis

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