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Ground-glass opacity heralding invasive lung adenocarcinoma with prodromal dermatomyositis: a case report.

Andrew J BeelDavid S DemosAlfred ChungCharles LiaoNatalie S Lui
Published in: Journal of cardiothoracic surgery (2018)
While dermatomyositis prodromal to lung adenocarcinoma is not without precedent, association with an indolent, subsolid lesion has, to the best of our knowledge, not been reported. The case described herein illustrates the importance of maintaining a high index of suspicion for malignancy in the setting of dermatomyositis.
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