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- Title
Carcinoma of gall bladder presenting as dermatomyositis.
- Authors
Narasimhaiah, Deepti Akkihebbal; Premkumar, Jennifer Anne; Moses, Viju; Chacko, Geeta
- Abstract
Cancer-related muscle diseases are usually paraneoplastic disorders. Dermatomyositis (DM) is a type of inflammatory myopathy that is strongly associated with a broad range of malignant disorders. The malignancy can occur before, concomitantly or after the onset of myositis. The malignancies most commonly associated with DM are carcinomas of ovary, lung, stomach, colorectal and pancreas, as well as non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. An association of DM with carcinoma of the gall bladder (GB) is extremely rare with only two previously reported cases in the literature. We report a case of carcinoma of GB with DM as the paraneoplastic manifestation.
- Subjects
DERMATOMYOSITIS; GALLBLADDER tumors; SYMPTOMS; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2011, Vol 14, Issue 1, p44
- ISSN
0972-2327
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/0972-2327.78050