First report of an adult patient with Clinical amyopathic dermatomyositis associated rapid progressive interstitial lung disease triggered by COVID19

Abstract

ILD is a common manifestation of dermatomyositis (DM) with indolent course but a unique variant of DM called clinically amyopathic DM (CADM) presents with rapid progressive interstitial lung disease (RP-ILD) and is called CADM associated RP-ILD. Here, we report a case of a 52 year old woman with CADM associated RP-ILD occurred 2 weeks after recovery from COVID19 infection but unfortunately died from RP-ILD, almost 5 months later. This is the first report of CADM associated RP-ILD triggered by COVID19 in an adult patient