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24-02-2023 | Diseases of the neuromuscular synapses and muscles | CLINICAL IMAGE
Bone within bone in juvenile dermatomyositis
Published in: Clinical Rheumatology | Issue 7/2023
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Twenty-eight-year-old woman with juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) since 7 years old who was taking immunosuppressive therapy (azathioprine 100 mg/day and mycophenolate mofetil 3 g/day) presented as an asymptomatic patient for a rheumatology consultation. A previously ordered lumbar spine X-ray (Fig. 1) shows a “bone within bone” appearance.
Fig. 1
Radiological appearance of Bone within Bone in the lumbar spine
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