Paraneoplastic Dermatomyositis in an Adolescent

BACKGROUND: A wide variety of clinically significant interactions occur between neoplastic and rheumatic diseases, and many are clinically significant. METHODS: The types of interactions between rheumatologic and neoplastic diseases and their clinical manifestations are reviewed and described. RESULTS: Several diseases included in the classic definition of rheumatology are associated with an increased incidence of specific neoplasms. Conversely, many neoplasms, by a variety of mechanisms, can cause or simulate many rheumatic diseases. CONCLUSIONS: Knowledge of the increased propensity for neoplasia in certain conditions and of the possibility that cancer may be the cause of specific rheumatologic syndromes will assist the physician in providing optimal clinical care to affected patients.

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11. Systemic sclerosis and the inflammatory myopathies

Rasaratnam

Ryan²

1997

Medical Journal of Australia

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Paraneoplastic Dermatomyositis in an Adolescent

Abstract: An 18-year-old adolescent with previous nasopharynx cancer developed dermatomyositis. The evolution was fatal because of metastases. In spite of the young age, we believe this to be a case of paraneoplastic dermatomyositis.

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11. Systemic sclerosis and the inflammatory myopathies

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