The Nishinihon Journal of Dermatology
Online ISSN : 1880-4047
Print ISSN : 0386-9784
ISSN-L : 0386-9784
Clinical Case Reports
Dermatomyositis Associated with Malignant Liver Tumor
—Immunohistochemical Findings of the Skin Lesions—
Kazuo SAITOSeiji ARASEFumio SHIGEMIKatsuyuki TAKEDA
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1978 Volume 40 Issue 5 Pages 817-821

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A woman aged 53 complained of erythema of forehead, ears and other areas exposed to light. Three months later, she developed subsequently erythema of shoulder, neck and weekness of the whole body. She offered resistance on steroid therapy and died. Necropsy from liver showed malignant tumor. Immunohistochemical findings of the skin showed hyalin bodies in the upper dermis, near the junctional zone.
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© 1978 by Western Japan Division of JDA
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