A case of dermatomyositis associated with tonsil cancer.
- Author:
Ji Won JANG
1
;
Seung Jae HONG
;
Yeon Ah LEE
;
Sang Hoon LEE
;
Hyung In YANG
;
Si Young KIM
;
Youn Hwa KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, East-West Neo Medical center, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. yhira@khu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Dermatomyositis;
Tonsilar neoplasms
- MeSH:
Breast Neoplasms;
Dermatomyositis*;
Drug Therapy;
Edema;
Erythema;
Female;
Humans;
Korea;
Lung Neoplasms;
Middle Aged;
Muscle Weakness;
Myositis;
Palatine Tonsil*;
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma;
Stomach Neoplasms;
Thorax;
Tonsillar Neoplasms*
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2007;73(5):544-547
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Dermatomyositis is a rare and idiopathic inflammatory myopathy with characteristic cutaneous manifestations. A 61-year-old female presented with the chief complaints of proximal muscle weakness, facial edema and erythema on the face, chest and back. The patient was diagnosed with dermatomyositis by the clinical manifestation, laboratory findings and an electromyogram. After a year following appropriate treatment, a tonsil cancer was found. The patient was treated with three rounds of neoadjuvant chemotherapy and wide excision of the left tonsil. In Korea, a few cases of dermatomyositis have been reported associated with stomach cancer, breast cancer, acute lymphoblastic leukemia and lung cancer, but no associated cases with tonsil cancer have yet been reported. We report a case of tonsil cancer that developed in a patient with dermatomyosits during therapy.
