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Dermatomyositis and bronchial squamous cell carcinoma: evidence for a true relationship
C el Khawand1, M Buysschaert, J Donckier
1Service de Pneumologie, Cliniques Universitaires UCL de Mont-Godinne, Yvoir, Belgique.
Acta Clinica Belgica
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
The authors report a case of dermatomyositis (D.M) in a 57-year-old man, associated with a squamous cell bronchial carcinoma. The complete resolution of the dermatomyositis after radical resection of the bronchial tumor strongly suggested a paraneoplastic phenomenon.