title: [Dermatomyositis as paraneoplastic syndrome of bladder tumor].
abstract: The dermatomyositis is a connective tissue disease characterized by changes affecting both the skin and the muscle, appearing most frequently around the fifth and sixth decades and which association to a vesical tumour is very rare. This paper contributes one case of paraneoplastic dermatomyositis associated to infiltrant vesical tumour, presenting erythematous damage in face, nape of the neck and upper thorax, as well as periorbital heliotrope erythema and fingernails base and sides telangiectasia, all of which are typical signs of dermatomyositis.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Regional Carlos Haya, Malaga.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marchal Escalona
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vera Casano
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Chicharro Molero
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Del Rosal Samaniego
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Ruiz Domínguez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Santos García Vaquero
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Burgos Rodríguez
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000150:complications*; D003882:Dermatomyositis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*
vernacular_title: Dermatomiositis como síndrome paraneoplásico de tumor vesical.