A Case of Ovarian Mucinous Borderline tumor in Postoperatively Diagnosed Dermatomyositis accompanying Colon Cancer. |
Min Jung Kim, Eunkuseul Park, Soo Jin Kang, Il Jung Choi, Bong Gyu Kwak, Moon Seok Cha, Goo Hwa Je, Hyun Ho Kim |
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Dong-A Unversity, Busan, Korea. mscha@dau.ac.kr |
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Abstract |
Dermatomyositis is rare inflammatory condition of the skin and muscles that the incidence is 5 cases per million population per year. This disease was strongly associated with malignant disease, particularly ovarian, lung, pancreatic, stomach and colorectal cancers, and non-Hodgkins lymphoma. A 56-year-old female patient had a ovarian tumor, thereafter she presented with typical skin lesions and muscle weakness. And then we found she had a colon cancer. Here we present the case with brief review of literature. |
Key Words:
Borderline tumor, Dermatomyositis, Ovarian tumor |
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