(BMJ) - A 15-yo girl with bilateral periorbital reddish-purple rash and swelling x 3 months developed a V-neck rash, periungual vascular dilatation, fever, leukocytopenia, polyarthralgia and symmetrical proximal muscle weakness. What is the diagnosis?
Juvenile dermatomyositis
Allergic contact dermatitis
Neuroblastoma
Basilar skull fracture
Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome
You are correct. Periorbital heliotrope dermatitis, V-neck rash, and proximal muscle weakness are useful diagnostic findings in this systemic autoimmune myopathy. Symptoms resolved after prednisone and cyclophosphamide treatment.