Paraneoplastic amyopathic dermatomyositis associated with breast cancer recurrence

• Published in: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology Vol. 41; no. 5; pp. 874 - 875
• Main Authors: Goyal, Supriya, Nousari, Hossein C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Mosby, Inc 01.11.1999; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adenocarcinoma - complications; Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Breast Neoplasms - complications; Dermatomyositis - diagnosis; Dermatomyositis - pathology; Female; Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics; Humans; Mammary gland diseases; Medical sciences; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - complications; Paraneoplastic Syndromes - diagnosis; Paraneoplastic Syndromes - pathology; Tumors; Adenocarcinoma; Human; Immunopathology; Connective tissue disease; Skin disease; Dermatomyositis; Autoimmune disease; Malignant tumor; Case study; Mammary gland diseases; Striated muscle disease; Systemic disease; Paraneoplastic syndrome; Mammary gland
• ISSN: 0190-9622; 1097-6787
• DOI: 10.1016/S0190-9622(99)70349-X

Amyopathic dermatomyositis, also known as dermatomyositis sine myositis, describes patients with the typical cutaneous features of dermatomyositis but without evidence of inflammatory myopathy. There have been 3 reported cases of amyopathic dermatomyositis associated with breast cancer in patients with no prior malignancy. We describe the first case of paraneoplastic amyopathic dermatomyositis associated with breast cancer recurrence. (J Am Acad Dermatol 1999;41:874-5.)