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CC BY 4.0 · Brazilian Journal of Oncology 2022; 18: e-20200034
DOI: 10.5935/2526-8732.20200034
Case Report
Clinical Oncology

Vesiculobullous Paraneoplastic Dermatomyositis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Dermatomiosite vesiculobolhosa paraneoplásica: relato de caso e revisão da literatura
Nurimar Conceição Fernandes 
1   Hospital Universitario Clementino Fraga Filho - UFRJ, Associate professor - Dermatology Service - Rio de Janeiro - RJ - Brazil
,
Roberta de Oliveira Boabaid
2   Hospital Universitario Clementino Fraga Filho - UFRJ, Specialization Course in Dermatology - Dermatology Service - Rio de Janeiro - RJ - Brazil
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ABSTRACT

Paraneoplastic vesiculobullous dermatomyositis is a rare disease characterized by proximal myopathy and typical cutaneus lesions which appear in a patient diagnosed with a malign neoplasia. In the present case, dermatomyositis developed four months after the detection of a breast carcinoma (T3N0M0) followed by radical mastectomy and lymph node dissection. A clinical favourable response to prednisone was observed although the coexistence of an active internal malignancy have been detected in the follow-up (an asynchronous left breast carcinoma and a primitive endometrial cancer).

Keywords:

Dermatomyositis - Myositis - Breast Neoplasms

AUTHOR'S CONTRIBUTION

Nurimar Conceição Fernandes: Collection and assembly of data, Conception and design, Data analysis and interpretation, Final approval of manuscript, Manuscript writing, Provision of study materials or patient

Roberta de Oliveira Boabaid: Collection and assembly of data, Provision of study materials or patient




Publication History

Received: 24 January 2020

Accepted: 07 June 2020

Article published online:
07 April 2022

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Bibliographical Record
Nurimar Conceição Fernandes, Roberta de Oliveira Boabaid. Vesiculobullous Paraneoplastic Dermatomyositis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Brazilian Journal of Oncology 2022; 18: e-20200034.
DOI: 10.5935/2526-8732.20200034
 

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