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Prostate cancer underlying acute, definitive dermatomyositis: successful treatment with radical perineal prostatectomy

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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.

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  1. Department of Urology, Division of Clinical Immunology, Medical and Health Science Center, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary

    Béla Tállai, Tibor Flaskó & Csaba Tóth

  2. Department of Oncology, Division of Clinical Immunology, Medical and Health Science Center, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary

    Tóth György

  3. 3rd Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology, Medical and Health Science Center, University of Debrecen, Móricz Zs. krt. 22., 4004, Debrecen, Hungary

    Andrea Ponyi, Csilla András & Katalin Dankó

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Tállai, B., Flaskó, T., György, T. et al. Prostate cancer underlying acute, definitive dermatomyositis: successful treatment with radical perineal prostatectomy. Clin Rheumatol 25, 119–120 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-005-1130-9

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