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[The association of dermatomyositis with cancer: myth or reality?]
C Gabay1, B Delaloye, F L Laurencet
1Service de médecine, Hôpital de Monthey.
Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift
|August 19, 1989
Abstract:
We present the case of a 56-year-old woman with proven dermatomyositis associated with an adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder. The association of dermatomyositis-polymyositis and cancer has been known for many years but is still controverted. The search for a malignancy in a patient with DM-PM should not be systematic but guided by abnormal history, physical examination and laboratory results.