Clinically Amyopathic Dermatomyositis Associated with a Metastatic Undifferentiated Carcinoma in an Adult Filipino Male: A Case Report | Zendy

Felix Paolo J. Lizarondo | Zendy; Eileen Liesl A. Cubillan | Zendy

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Clinically Amyopathic Dermatomyositis Associated with a Metastatic Undifferentiated Carcinoma in an Adult Filipino Male: A Case Report

Author(s) -

Felix Paolo J. Lizarondo,

Eileen Liesl A. Cubillan

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

acta medica philippina

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128

H-Index - 4

eISSN - 2094-9278

pISSN - 0001-6071

DOI - 10.47895/amp.v53i2.214

Subject(s) - dermatomyositis , medicine , pathognomonic , pathology , dermatology , metastatic carcinoma , telangiectasia , carcinoma , disease

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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