Korean J Gynecol Oncol Colposc.  1998 Jun;9(2):174-177.

A Case of Ovarian Cancer in Patient with Dermatomyositis

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  • 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Korea.

Abstract

Dermatomyositis is a rare inflammatory condition of the skin and muscles which is believed to be a paraneoplastic syndrome. The annual incidence of dermatomyositis is 0.7~1/100,000 in the general population, and the association of dermatomyositis and internal mali-gnancy has been reported to be 15~40%, in particular with bronchial cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and cancer of gastrointestinal tract. We experienced a case of ovarian cancer accompaning acute onset-dermatomyositis in a fourty eight-year-old premenopausal woman. Here we present the case with brief review of literatures.

Keyword

Dermatomyositis; Malignancy; Ovarina Cancer

MeSH Terms

Breast Neoplasms
Dermatomyositis*
Female
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
Humans
Incidence
Muscles
Ovarian Neoplasms*
Paraneoplastic Syndromes
Skin
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