A review of dermatomyositis cases at Hospital Besar Kuala Lumpur 1989-1993.
Eight cases of dermatomyositis were seen in the Skin Department, Hospital Besar Kuala Lumpur between 1989 and 1993. There was one case of juvenile dermatomyositis. There was a majority of Chinese patients (87.5%). There were three patients (37.5%) with underlying malignancies, two of which (66.7%) were nasopharyngeal carcinomas; all were under the age of fifty years. It is important to screen all adult patients for underlying malignancies, even those in the younger age group.
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Jabatan Kulit, Hospital Besar Kuala Lumpur.
D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D003882:Dermatomyositis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications