Prostate cancer underlying acute, definitive dermatomyositis: successful treatment with radical perineal prostatectomy.
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.
Tállai
Béla
B
Flaskó
Tibor
T
György
Tóth
T
Ponyi
Andrea
A
András
Csilla
C
Tóth
Csaba
C
Dankó
Katalin
K
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