Clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis associated with a metastatic undifferentiated carcinoma in an adult Filipino male: A case report.
- Author:
Felix Paolo J. LIZARONDO
1
;
Eileen Liesl A. CUBILLAN
2
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords: Amyopathic; Malignancy
- MeSH: Human; Male; Dermatomyositis; Carcinoma; Neoplasms; Erythema
- From: Acta Medica Philippina 2019;53(2):197-201
- CountryPhilippines
- Language:English
- Abstract: A 40-year old Filipino male was managed as a case of clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis (CADM) after presenting only with pruritic photodistributed symmetric erythematous-violaceous patches, nail fold telangiectasia and the pathognomonic Gottron papules. There was no clinical evidence of muscle involvement. The patient shortly presented with a metastatic undifferentiated carcinoma on the cervical lymph nodes. This case demonstrates that dermatomyositis can present uncommonly as CADM with associated metastatic undifferentiated carcinoma.
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