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Dermatomyositis associated with malignant melanoma‐case report and review of the literature
Author(s) -
SCERRI L.,
ZAKI I.,
ALLEN B.R.,
GOLDING P.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1994.tb01264.x
Subject(s) - dermatomyositis , medicine , malignancy , melanoma , connective tissue disorder , connective tissue disease , dermatology , pathology , connective tissue , malignant disease , disease , cancer , autoimmune disease , cancer research
Summary Dermatomyositis (DM) is a connective tissue disorder characterized by cutaneous and muscle involvement. It is a well recognized paraneoplastic syndrome and has been linked with malignancy in 15–34% of adult patients. 1,2 The course of DM in such patients usually correlates closely with the activity of the underlying malignancy. 3 We report a patient who developed DM 4 years after excision of a malignant melanoma (MM) from the back and 1 year before the diagnosis of metastatic disease. A literature review revealed that the association of dermatomyositis with MM is rare and consistent with a dismal prognosis.