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Table 1 Reported cases

From: Successful resection of liver metastasis detected by exacerbation of skin symptom in a patient with dermatomyositis accompanied by rectal cancer: a case report and literature review

Case

Author (year)

Sex

Age

Location

Stage

Recurrence site

Histological type

Disease-free interval

DM symptom related to the recurrence

Treatment for recurrent disease

Outcome (time after recurrence)

1

Ishii S (1990)

F

53

Rectum

I

Local

Mod.

4 months

Present

Chemotherapy

DOD (2 months)

2

Yamada K (1999)

M

58

Colon

IV

Liver

Mod.

3 months

ND

Chemotherapy

DOD (2 years)

3

Landriscina M (2013)

F

71

Colon

IV

Lung

ND

7 months

Present

Chemotherapy

DOD (ND)

4

Nagano Y (2015)

F

44

Rectum

II

Lung and liver

Mod.

4 months

Present

Chemotherapy

Alive with disease (7 months)

5

Present case (2016)

M

42

Rectum

III

Liver

Mod.

21 months

Present

Resection

NED (2 years)

  1. DM dermatomyositis, Mod. moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma, ND not described, DOD died of disease, NED no evidence of disease