FDG-PET detects extensive calcinosis cutis in anti-NXP2 antibody-positive dermatomyositis

Rheumatology (Oxford). 2019 Oct 1;58(10):1888. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kez083.

Authors

Naoko Nakamura¹, Rumiko Izumi¹, Yosuke Hoshi², Yoshiki Takai¹, Risako Ono¹, Naoki Suzuki¹, Taichi Nagai², Yusho Ishii², Tomonori Ishii², Hideo Harigae², Shuko Okada³, Setsuya Aiba³, Naoko Okiyama⁴, Manabu Fujimoto⁴, Hiroshi Kuroda¹, Maki Tateyama^{1

5}, Masashi Aoki¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Miyagi.
² Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Miyagi.
³ Department of Dermatology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Miyagi.
⁴ Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki.
⁵ Department of Neurology, National Hospital Organization Iwate Hospital, Iwate, Japan.

PMID: 30879053
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kez083

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adenosine Triphosphatases / immunology*
Aged
Antibodies / blood*
Calcinosis / blood
Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging*
Calcinosis / immunology
DNA-Binding Proteins / immunology*
Dermatomyositis / blood
Dermatomyositis / immunology*
Female
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Humans
Positron-Emission Tomography / methods*
Radiopharmaceuticals

Substances

Antibodies
DNA-Binding Proteins
Radiopharmaceuticals
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Adenosine Triphosphatases
MORC3 protein, human