Dermatomyositis

A type of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy characterized by evocative skin lesions and symmetrical proximal muscle weakness.

Diarrhea

Abnormally increased frequency of loose or watery bowel movements.


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McKittrick-Wheelock syndrome presenting with dermatomyositis and rectal prolapsed.
Khalife M, Eloubeidi MA, Hosn MA.
Clin Exp Gastroenterol. 2013;6:85-9.
We report an unusual presentation of this syndrome in a patient who developed persistent diarrhea along with dermatomyositis and rectal prolapse and was later discovered to have a large rectal villous adenoma along with a smaller sigmoid tubulovillous adenoma.