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DERMATOMYOSITIS AND CARCINOMA
Author(s) -
ALEXANDER SUZANNE,
FORMAN LOUIS
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1968.tb12266.x
Subject(s) - dermatomyositis , medicine , erythema , dermatology , proximal muscle weakness , itching , pathology , carcinoma , biopsy , muscle biopsy
SUMMARY. A man aged 56 complained of itching, and subsequently erythema of the face, orbits and other areas exposed to light. Six weeks later, he developed haematuria, and in the following week, a rapidly progressive weakness of the shoulder girdle muscles. He was found to have a rising titre of complement fixing antibody in his serum to an extract of his own bladder tumour. Immunofluorescent tests showed deposits of γ‐globulin around muscle bundles and in the upper cutis.