Dermatomyositis and Pregnancy

Abstract

Dermatomyositis is a rare disease complicating pregnancy. We treated a patient in whom two pregnancies were complicated by dermatomyositis. In the first of the two gestations, a mild form of the disease arose in the last trimester. In the second gestation, the disease was inactive following treatment with 0.3 mg/kg/day prednisolone. Both the mother and two children have since been doing well.

Patients With Dermatomyositis/Polymyositis During Pregnancy

“…[4][5][6][7][8][9][10] In most cases the gestation was successfully completed with only a small number of complications. In 1984, a group of 18 women with DM/PM was studied by Gutierrez et al 8 Ten pregnancies involving 7 women were monitored.…”