Histopathological risk factors for malignancy in dermatomyositis

• Published in: Histopathology Vol. 81; no. 4; pp. 529 - 535
• Main Authors: Pruessmann, Wiebke, Kleinheinz, Andreas, Zillikens, Detlef, Rose, Christian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.10.2022
• Subjects: basement membrane thickening; Biopsy; CD123 antigen; CD123+ plasmacytoid dendritic cells; Dendritic cells; Dermatomyositis; eosinophils; histopathological risk factors; Immunohistochemistry; Leukocytes (eosinophilic); Malignancy; malignant neoplasms; Patients; pigment incontinence; Risk factors; Tumors

Aims To identify possible histopathological risk factors for malignancy in skin biopsies of dermatomyositis patients. Methods and results We analysed clinical metadata and studied 30 skin biopsies of 11 patients with and 12 patients without associated malignancy, who were treated in one secondary an...