| CASE REPORT |
|
| Year : 2011 | Volume
: 14
| Issue : 1 | Page : 44-46 |
|
|
Carcinoma of gall bladder presenting as dermatomyositis
Deepti Akkihebbal Narasimhaiah1, Jennifer Anne Premkumar1, Viju Moses2, Geeta Chacko3
1 Department of General Pathology, Christian Medical College, Vellore- 632004, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Department of Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore- 632004, Tamil Nadu, India
3 Department of Neurosciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore- 632004, Tamil Nadu, India
Correspondence Address:
Deepti Akkihebbal Narasimhaiah
Department of General Pathology, Christian Medical College, Vellore - 632002, Tamil Nadu
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/0972-2327.78050
|
|
|
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. |
|
|
|
| [FULL TEXT] [PDF]* |
|
 |
|
