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Dermatomyositis and associated lesions of the gastrointestinal tract

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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Dermatomyositis is an uncommon disease which produces, in addition to its well-known skin and musculoskeletal symptoms, variable gastrointestinal complaints. When it first appears in adult life a diligent search should be made for an associated neoplasm, since they occur in more than 50 per cent of such patients over 40 years of age.

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  1. From the Department of Proctologic Surgery, Temple University Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Anthony R. Gennaro M.D. & Harry E. Bacon M.D.

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Read at the meeting of the Northeastern Proctologic Conference, Jamaica, West Indies, November 10 to 17, 1968.

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Gennaro, A.R., Bacon, H.E. Dermatomyositis and associated lesions of the gastrointestinal tract. Dis Colon Rectum 12, 256–260 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02617280

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