Skin biopsy result consistent with dermatomyositis
Hello,
My wife recently had a biopsy of a lesion on her foot, and I wanted to post up pictures of it in the hopes that maybe someone here could tell if they’d had a similar type of lesion in a similar spot. The results of the biopsy said the sample was consistent with connective tissues disease such as cutaneous lupus erythematosus or dermatomyositis.
This is only lesion of this type that she has. It seems to be lighter sometimes and darker other times. She does have muscle symptoms, but hasn’t had muscle enzyme tests yet. She gets very mild redness over the joints of her hands, but it’s very mild and comes and goes throughout the day, so we’re unsure if that’s related at all.
We’re working our way towards getting her the testing necessary to figure out more, but the waiting is difficult, so I was hoping to get some perspective on what we do know in the meantime.
Does anyone here get Gottren’s papules on their feet? Does this lesion look similar to those you’ve had?