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Metastatic malignant melanoma and dermatomyositis: A paraneoplastic phenomenon
Author(s) -
Tu Jenny,
Von Nida Jamie
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2010.00632.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatomyositis , melanoma , metastasis , rash , biopsy , pathology , radiology , dermatology , cancer , cancer research
Malignant melanoma has previously been reported with paraneoplastic syndromes including dermatomyositis. We report a case involving a 34‐year‐old woman who presented with a persistent skin rash over her neck and upper body, with clinical features suggestive of dermatomyositis. The patient had a history of a right shoulder lesion that was previously removed; a solitary axillary lymph node was detected on additional imaging and biopsy results were consistent with malignant melanoma. The following year, surveillance positron emission tomography scan detected a solitary lung metastasis, leading to a partial lobectomy and confirmation of further spread of the malignant melanoma.