A Case of Ovarian Cancer in Patient with Dermatomyositis.
- Author:
Seog WON
1
;
Gi Joo KANG
Author Information
1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Dermatomyositis;
Malignancy;
Ovarina Cancer
- MeSH:
Breast Neoplasms;
Dermatomyositis*;
Female;
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms;
Humans;
Incidence;
Muscles;
Ovarian Neoplasms*;
Paraneoplastic Syndromes;
Skin
- From:Korean Journal of Gynecologic Oncology and Colposcopy
1998;9(2):174-177
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Dermatomyositis is a rare inflammatory condition of the skin and muscles which is believed to be a paraneoplastic syndrome. The annual incidence of dermatomyositis is 0.7~1/100,000 in the general population, and the association of dermatomyositis and internal mali-gnancy has been reported to be 15~40%, in particular with bronchial cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and cancer of gastrointestinal tract. We experienced a case of ovarian cancer accompaning acute onset-dermatomyositis in a fourty eight-year-old premenopausal woman. Here we present the case with brief review of literatures.
