Dermatomyositis Associated with Lung Cancer: A Brief Review of the Current Literature and Retrospective Single Institution Experience

Walid Shalata; Jeremy Zolnoorian; Amichay Meirovitz; Kim Sheva; Ashraf Abu Jama; Omar Abu Saleh; Alexander Yakobson

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Dermatomyositis Associated with Lung Cancer: A Brief Review of the Current Literature and Retrospective Single Institution Experience

Walid Shalata, Jeremy Zolnoorian, Amichay Meirovitz, Kim Sheva, Ashraf Abu Jama, Omar Abu Saleh, Alexander Yakobson

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Dermatomyositis is a rare inflammatory myopathy that is often related to lung cancer. In this retrospective observational study, we analyzed data from patients diagnosed with lung cancer at Soroka University Medical Center between January 2017 and July 2021. A total of 689 patients with lung cancer were included in this study, 97 of whom had small cell lung cancer and 592 had non-small cell lung cancer. We identified a single patient (60-year-old female) who presented with signs and symptoms of dermatomyositis, which was later confirmed to be associated with lung cancer as a paraneoplastic syndrome. Both our study and a recent review of the literature illustrate the temporal link between dermatomyositis and lung cancer, as well as reinforce the need for heightened cancer screenings in DM patients.

Original language	English
Article number	40
Journal	Life
Volume	13
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/life13010040
State	Published - 1 Jan 2023

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dermal toxicity
dermatomyositis
lung cancer
paraneoplastic syndrome

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Space and Planetary Science
Paleontology

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