Dermatomyositis

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

Rectal prolapse

Protrusion of the rectal mucous membrane through the anus.


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PMID (PMCID)
23825927
(3697959)
 OTHER
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.
23825927
(3697959)
 OTHER
McKittrick-Wheelock syndrome presenting with dermatomyositis and rectal prolapsed.
Khalife M, Eloubeidi MA, Hosn MA.
Clin Exp Gastroenterol. 2013;6:85-9.
McKittrick-Wheelock syndrome presenting with dermatomyositis and rectal prolapsed.
23825927
(3697959)
 OTHER
McKittrick-Wheelock syndrome presenting with dermatomyositis and rectal prolapsed.
Khalife M, Eloubeidi MA, Hosn MA.
Clin Exp Gastroenterol. 2013;6:85-9.
This report highlights the variable manifestations of colorectal adenomas and the importance of searching for an underlying neoplastic entity in patients with new onset dermatomyositis or rectal prolapse or both.
23825927
(3697959)
 OTHER
McKittrick-Wheelock syndrome presenting with dermatomyositis and rectal prolapsed.
Khalife M, Eloubeidi MA, Hosn MA.
Clin Exp Gastroenterol. 2013;6:85-9.
In our literature review, we were able to find one case report of a dermatomyositis occurring in conjunction with a tubulovillous adenoma and few case reports of rectal prolapse in the setting of a secretory villous adenoma.