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Author Hyung Seok Lee, M.D.1, Dae Young Zang, M.D.1, Young Il Seo, M.D.1, Dong Gyu Kim, M.D.1, Eun Jung Kim, M.D.1, Jin Seok Ahn, M.D.1and Hye Rim Park, M.D.2
Place of duty Departments of 1Internal Medicine and 2Pathology, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, Korea
Title A Small Cell Lung Cancer Concurrently Diagnosed with Paraneoplastic Dermatomyositis
Publicationinfo Cancer Research and Treatment 2003 Apr; 035(02): 161-164.
Key_word Dermatomyositis, Small cell lung cancer
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Abstract Dermatomyositis is an inflammatory myopathy, of unknown etiology, which is characterized by cutaneous rashes, accompanied by progressive and symmetric proximal muscle weakness. Especially in older people, the incidences of malignant conditions appear to be increased in dermatomyositis patients, and the prognosis is very poor. Because dermatomyositis may occur as a paraneoplastic syndrome, extensive screening tests, for an occult malignant neoplasm, should be conducted in

older dermatomyositis patients. We experienced a case

of small cell lung cancer, which had a very rapid and catastrophic clinical course, in a 63-year-old male patient with dermatomyositis. We report this case, and review the literature on the relationship of dermatomyositis and malignancy. (Cancer Research and Treatment 2003;35:161⁣164)