Rapidly lethal dermatomyositis associated with cutaneous lymphangitis carcinomatosa

A 70-year-old woman with a recent diagnosis of dermatomyositis (DM) presented to the dermatology department for study of a probably paraneoplastic syndrome. On examination, we observed discrete, indurated, reddish, painful plaques and nodules on her abdomen and both thighs. A cutaneous biopsy from a...

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Main Author: Resende, C (author)
Other Authors: Araújo, C (author), Duarte, ML (author), Brito, C (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.23/426
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.hospitaldebraga.pt:10400.23/426