A Case of Ovarian Mucinous Borderline tumor in Postoperatively Diagnosed Dermatomyositis accompanying Colon Cancer.

Kim, Min Jung; Park, Eunkuseul; Kang, Soo Jin; Choi, Il Jung; Kwak, Bong Gyu; Cha, Moon Seok; Je, Goo Hwa; Kim, Hyun Ho

Case Report

Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2006;49(11):2410-2414.
Published online November 1, 2006.

A Case of Ovarian Mucinous Borderline tumor in Postoperatively Diagnosed Dermatomyositis accompanying Colon Cancer.

Min Jung Kim, Eunkuseul Park, Soo Jin Kang, Il Jung Choi, Bong Gyu Kwak, Moon Seok Cha, Goo Hwa Je, Hyun Ho Kim

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Dong-A Unversity, Busan, Korea. mscha@dau.ac.kr

Abstract

Dermatomyositis is rare inflammatory condition of the skin and muscles that the incidence is 5 cases per million population per year. This disease was strongly associated with malignant disease, particularly ovarian, lung, pancreatic, stomach and colorectal cancers, and non-Hodgkins lymphoma. A 56-year-old female patient had a ovarian tumor, thereafter she presented with typical skin lesions and muscle weakness. And then we found she had a colon cancer. Here we present the case with brief review of literature.

Key Words: Borderline tumor, Dermatomyositis, Ovarian tumor