Dermatomyositis: nailfold capillaroscopy patterns and a general survey.

Introduction: Dermatomyositis (DM) is a group of autoimmune idiopathic inflammatory myopathies characterized by typical cutaneous signs and symptoms of muscle involvement. The diseases can be associated with cancer in the paraneoplastic syndrome, calcinosis, interstitial lung disease, other autoimmune connective tissue diseases (in overlap syndrome), and Raynaud's phenomenon.

Methods: Clinical and capillaroscopic data were gathered from 43 patients with DM.