Korean J Dermatol.  1996 Aug;34(4):656-659.

A Case of Juvenile Dermatomyositis Treated with Intravenous Gammaglobulin

• Park HJ
• Park YM
• Yi JY
• Kim TY
• Kim CW

Abstract

Dermatomyositis is an inflammatory muscular disease of presumed autoimmune origin. Many possible interventions are available to treat patients with these conditions including corticosteroids, immunosuppressive drugs, plasnapheresis, and total body irradiation. But these therapies are not always effective, and they may be associated with certain serious side effects. Recently polyvalent. intravenous gammaglohulin(IVGG) has been tried with success in inflammatory myopathies after failure of traditional treatment We report a 8-year-old female patient with juvenile dermatomyositis who improved dramatically after alternative IVGG treatment due to side effects of steroid.

Keyword

Dermatomyositis; Int avenous gammaglobulin(IVGG)

MeSH Terms

Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Child
Dermatomyositis*
Female
Humans
Muscular Diseases
Myositis
Whole-Body Irradiation
Adrenal Cortex Hormones