Dermatomyositis associated with malignant melanoma. Parallel occurrence, remission, and relapse of the two processes in a patient
- 1 June 1983
- Vol. 51 (11) , 2157-2158
- https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-0142(19830601)51:11<2157::aid-cncr2820511135>3.0.co;2-q
Abstract
A young man developed metastatic melanoma and classic dermatomyositis. With surgical extirpation of the metastasis, the dermatomyositis resolved only to reccur simultaneously with further metastases. To the knowledge of the authors, this case represents the best-documented parallel course of these two diseases.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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