title: Prostate cancer underlying acute, definitive dermatomyositis: successful treatment with radical perineal prostatectomy.
abstract: The idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are systemic autoimmune diseases characterized by chronic inflammation leading to progressive weakness of the proximal muscles. In 7-66% of cases of adult dermatomyositis different malignant tumours can promote the difficult cascade mechanisms at the cell level, leading to rapid weakness of skeletal muscles [1]. We report on a patient with all characteristic signs of acute, severe dermatomyositis associated with a low-grade, low-stage prostate cancer cured by radical perineal prostatectomy.
authors.forename: Béla
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tállai
authors.forename: Tibor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Flaskó
authors.forename: Tóth
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: György
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ponyi
authors.forename: Csilla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: András
authors.forename: Csaba
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tóth
authors.forename: Katalin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dankó
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003882:Dermatomyositis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011468:Prostatectomy; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome