Indian Journal of Dermatology (Jan 1997)

Tamoxifen- Induced Dermatomyositis

  • Bandyopadhyay Debabrata,
  • Bhattacharya Kalyan

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 42, no. 2
pp. 83 – 84

Abstract

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A 38 year old woman developed dermatomyositis after radical mastectomy and tamoxifen therapy for metastatic breast carcinoma. The possibility of the drug as the underlying cause of the connective tissue disease is discussed.