González VE, Frómeta VE, González MFJ

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ABSTRACT

Dermatomyositis or polymyositis is a systemic rheumatic disease that usually begins with vague prodromes especially the skin or muscles, which could be confused mainly with dermatitis of other causes, what delay the diagnosis. It was reviewed a literature that refers to this condition considered a connective tissue disease , it corroborated that is associated with several diseases, including cancer. Thats why it´s presented a case with dermatomyositis diagnosis as an expression of lung cancer, in order to alert about the importance of early diagnosis because it may depend on patient survival.

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