Presentation
Admitted with chest pain. Known history of dermatomyositis.
Patient Data
Age: 55 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Dermatomyositis
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Speckled calcification involving both lateral chest walls, more prounced on the right.
The lungs are clear.
Case Discussion
Dermatomyositis is an autoimmune inflammatory myositis, which although having a predilection for the upper aspects of the lower limbs, may involve other muscles of the body.
It may be evident on imaging in the form of soft tissue calcification - the form of which may be variable.
It can occur as part of a paraneoplastic phenomenon in adults, such as in lung cancer.
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