[Association of polymyositis and rheumatoid arthritis. Apropos of a new case not related to drug ingestion]

Muscular manifestations are frequent during rheumatoid arthritis, mostly induced by drugs. In contrast with rheumatoid myositis whose existence has been debated, penicillamine induced polymyositis and dermatomyositis are well described. We report a case of rheumatoid arthritis associated with non-drug induced polymyositis.

[Small bowel metastasis disclosing malignant melanoma]

In a 72 year-old woman with microcytic anemia, small bowel study showed tumoral lesions. Malignant melanoma was histologically proved. Clinical and radiological aspects of metastatic malignant melanoma of the small bowel are discussed and hypothesis advanced to explain absence of an identifiable primary lesion.