Open AccessClinically 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/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.