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Wound Healing and Regenerative Medicine Research Program, Dr. Phillip Frost Department of Dermatology & Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, USA
Miranda Rosenberg, Research Professor. Ph.D. in 1983, University of Copenhagen, Author of the Fatty Acids. He has focused on real-time organisation of behavior, co-directed Chest wall analysis, published numerous papers and given invited talks and keynotes at universities in Europe, USA and Japan and at international conferences in Acute Renal Failure, Nephrology, Fatty Acids, Dialysis, Mitochondria, Enzymes, Hemodialysis, hdl-plasmapheresis, acute renal faiure, Lupus Nephritis. His research interests includes Hemodialysis.
Case Report
A Challenging Case of Atypical Adult Onset Still's Disease Clinically Mimicking Dermatomyositis with Distinctive Histopathologic Findings
Author(s): Andjela Egger*, Miranda Rosenberg, Alexandra Price and Jeong Hee Cho-Vega
A 23-year-old woman from Bangladesh presented with a 6-week history of spiking fevers, myalgias, arthralgias, pruritic rash, marked granulocytosis and lymphadenopathy. On presentation to the emergency department she had brown lichenified plaques on the upper chest and neck; her back had flagellate-like erythema. Hand exam revealed hyperpigmented papules over the metacarpophalangeal joints without periungual capillary loop dilatation. Labs were notable for: minimally positive ANA (1:40), mild transaminitis (AST 56, ALT 73), as well as elevated aldolase (13.8), LDH (1,368), sedimentation rate (>140), C reactive protein (7.5) and ferritin (10,248). She also had a negative Anti Jo1 antibody, rheumatoid factor, and CK (<20). An extensive infectious workup was negative. CT of the chest/ abdomen showed generalized lymphadenopathy with mild splenomegaly. Punch biopsies from the hands an.. View More»