Publications by authors named "Gopisree Peringeth"

Antimelanoma differentiation-associated protein 5 positive dermatomyositis (MDA5 DM) is a rare subtype of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy. There are limited data available regarding the cutaneous manifestations of MDA5 DM in the African American population. We presented the case of a male patient in his early 20s who presented with debilitating cutaneous ulceration and myopathy.

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Hypereosinophilic syndrome is a rare disorder arising from neoplastic, or idiopathic causes. The availability of NGS panels has increasingly identified rare mutations as underlying pathogenic events and have led to reclassification of cases of idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome as chronic eosinophilic leukemia(CEL). In this report, we describe a case of a young man with hypereosinophilia whose disease initially did not fit the WHO criteria for CEL but harbored a rare mutation in gene.

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