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Correspondence and Brief Report
Dermatomyositis following the diagnosis of ovarian cancer
  1. N. BEN-ZVI*,
  2. A. SHANI*,
  3. G. BEN-BARUCH†,
  4. N. AGMON-LEVIN‡,
  5. Z. STHOEGER‡,
  6. M. HUSZAR§,
  7. A. BEN-ARIE∥ and
  8. R. DGANI∥
  1. *Institute of Oncology, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel
  2. †Department of Gynecological Oncology, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, Israel
  3. ‡Internal Medicine Department “B,” Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel
  4. §Department of Pathology, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel
  5. ∥Department of Gynecological Oncology, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel
  1. Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Dr Nana Ben-Zvi, MD, Institute of Oncology, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel. Email: nana_b{at}clalit.org.il

Abstract

We present a case history of a woman who developed dermatomyositis following the diagnosis of stage IV ovarian cancer. Dermatomyositis is a rare paraneoplastic syndrome that usually precedes the diagnosis of ovarian cancer by several months or years. Ours is the fifth reported case of dermatomyositis after an established diagnosis of ovarian cancer in the literature.

  • dermatomyositis
  • ovarian cancer

https://doi.org/10.1136/ijgc-00009577-200511000-00019

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