This photograph demonstrates the sign "heliotrope eyelids" in which
the eyelids develop a brown (violaceous - rather than red) color.
Heliotrope eyelids and Gottron's papules on the knuckles are
characteristic findings in dermatomyositis.
Review Date: 02/09/2011
Reviewed By: Michael E. Makover, MD, professor and attending in Rheumatology at
the New York University Medical Center, New York, NY. Review
provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David
Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
