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dermatomyositis, gottron's papule, dermatomyositis, gottron's papules on the hand, dermatomyositis, heliotrope eyelids, dermatomyositis on the legs, dermatomyositis, gottron's papule, paronychia, candidial, dermatomyositis, heliotrope rash on the face, dermatomyositis is connective-tissue disease that is characterized by inflammation, the muscles, skin, theorized that an autoimmune reaction, a viral infection, the skeletal muscle, affect people at any age, most commonly occurs in people 40 - 60 years old, in children from 5 - 15 years old, affects women much more often than men, muscle weakness, appear suddenly, occur slowly over weeks, raising the arms over the head, rising, a sitting position, climbing stairs, a dusky, purplish red rash, appear over the face, neck, shoulders, upper chest, joint pain, inflammation, the heart, lung, pulmonary, a malignancy, associated, a similar condition, polymyositis, the symptoms occur, skin manifestations, muscles weak, stiff, sore, butterfly rash, upper eyelids purple/violet colored, muscle weakness, red, dusky skin rash, difficulty swallowing, shortness of breath, skin redness, inflammation, a physical examination, identify muscle weakness, typical rash, electromyography, showing inflammation in muscles, magnetic resonance imaging, mri, a muscle biopsy, an elevated serum creatine phosphokinase, an elevated serum aldolase, ecg, disease is treated, corticosteroid medications, immunosuppressive drugs, an improvement of muscle strength is achieved, medication is slowly tapered, maintenance therapy, prednisone, continued indefinitely, condition is associated, a tumor, improve tumor is removed, remissions, recovery have been reported, in children, in adults, death, result from severe, prolonged muscle weakness, malnutrition, pneumonia, respiratory failure, outcome, cardiac, pulmonary involvement is present, acute renal failure, associated malignancy, cardiac, pulmonary, abdominal complications, experience the signs, symptoms of dermatomyositis.