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Case Reports
. 2023 Feb;37(2):e127-e129.
doi: 10.1111/jdv.18653. Epub 2022 Oct 31.

A case of Anti-MDA5-Positive dermatomyositis after inactivated COVID-19 vaccine

Lili Yang  1   2 , Tinglu Ye  1 , Huanyu Liu  3 , Cong Huang  1 , Weiwei Tian  1 , Yueming Cai  4
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Case Reports

A case of Anti-MDA5-Positive dermatomyositis after inactivated COVID-19 vaccine

Lili Yang et al. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2023 Feb.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

The first author is the wife of the patient, the other authors have no potential conflicts of interest to disclose.

Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Dermatological rash in the patient. Erythematous rash appeared on the fingers (a), arrows point to the desquamate red patchy rash on the index finger, elbow (b), and back (c) of the patient, necrosis in the fingertips (arrow in d), swelling appeared on the hands (circled in the e), the fingerprint was not available due to swelling, while vasculitis formed on the fingertips (arrows) of the patient. Gottron's papulars on both hands of the patient. Papulars appeared on the knuckles and palmar joints (arrow in f) and vascular damage on the nailfold (arrow in g).
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
Skin biopsy on the back and high‐resolution computed tomography imaging of the chest. Arrowheads marked vacuolar interface (a), lymphocytes and erythrocytes infiltration in the superficial perivascular (c). Increased amounts of mucin and lymphocytes in the dermis (d). Magnification: (a) 400×; (b) 10×; (c) 400×; (d) 10×. Scattered patchy, flocculent ground glass density shadow on both lungs (arrow in e), nodules (arrow in f).
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