Amiopathic dermatomyositis associated with salivary gland mioepithelial primary carcinoma: case report.
Keywords:
dermatomyositis, neoplasms, salivary gland neoplasmsAbstract
Amiopathic dermatomyositis belongs to the group of inflammatory myopathies. A few cases of this disease have been described associated with neoplasms. We describe the case of a patient with amiopathic dermatomyositis and a primary myoepithelial carcinoma of the salivary gland, whose diagnosis was done posterior to the clinical manifestations of the dermatomyositis.
Author Biographies
Carlos Jaime Velásquez
Médico reumatólogo, Clínica Universitaria Bolivariana; profesor, Facultad de Medicina, Escuela de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia.
Ángela Londoño
Médica dermatóloga y epidemióloga, Clínica Universitaria Bolivariana; profesora, Facultad de Medicina, Escuela de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia.
Alejandro Hernández
Estudiantes de pregrado, Facultad de Medicina, Escuela de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia
Carlos Alberto Hinestroza
Estudiantes de pregrado, Facultad de Medicina, Escuela de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia.
Diana Carolina Jaramillo
Estudiantes de pregrado, Facultad de Medicina, Escuela de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia.
Juan Felipe Betancur
Médico general, Facultad de Medicina, Escuela de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia.
Aura Ligia Zapata-Castellanos
Médico reumatólogo, Clínica Universitaria Bolivariana; profesor, Facultad de Medicina, Escuela de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia.
Francisco Vargas
Médico reumatólogo, Clínica Universitaria Bolivariana; profesor, Facultad de Medicina, Escuela de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia.
Oscar Jair Felipe-Díaz
Médico reumatólogo, Clínica Universitaria Bolivariana; profesor, Facultad de Medicina, Escuela de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia.
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