Korean J Med > Volume 73(5); 2007 > Article
The Korean Journal of Medicine 2007;73(5):544-547.
A case of dermatomyositis associated with tonsil cancer
Ji-Won Jang, Seung-Jae Hong, Yeon-Ah Lee, Sang-Hoon Lee, Hyung-In Yang, Si-Young Kim, Youn Hwa Kim
경희대학교 의과대학 순환기내과학교실
증례 : 편도암을 동반한 피부근염 1예
장지원&#;홍승재&#;이연아&#;이상훈&#;양형인&#;김시영&#;김윤화, Seung-Jae Hong, Yeon-Ah Lee, Sang-Hoon Lee, Hyung-In Yang, Si-Young Kim, Youn Hwa Kim
Abstract
Dermatomyositis is a rare and idiopathic inflammatory myopathy with characteristic cutaneous manifestations. A 61-year-old female presented with the chief complaints of proximal muscle weakness, facial edema and erythema on the face, chest and back. The patient was diagnosed with dermatomyositis by the clinical manifestation, laboratory findings and an electromyogram. After a year following appropriate treatment, a tonsil cancer was found. The patient was treated with three rounds of neoadjuvant chemotherapy and wide excision of the left tonsil. In Korea, a few cases of dermatomyositis have been reported associated with stomach cancer, breast cancer, acute lymphoblastic leukemia and lung cancer, but no associated cases with tonsil cancer have yet been reported. We report a case of tonsil cancer that developed in a patient with dermatomyosits during therapy.(Korean J Med 73:544-547, 2007)
Key Words: Dermatomyositis, Tonsilar neoplasms


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