Metastatic Prostate Cancer Mimicking Polymyalgia Rheumatica

A 59-year-old male presented to the emergency department with a four-month progressive history of proximal muscle pain and weakness with elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein. He was initially diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and admitted to the hospital. During h...

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Autores principales: Randazzo, Charles T., Bernard, Aaron W., Rund, Douglas A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3542944/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23326698
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/695320
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author Randazzo, Charles T.
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description A 59-year-old male presented to the emergency department with a four-month progressive history of proximal muscle pain and weakness with elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein. He was initially diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and admitted to the hospital. During his hospitalization he was found to have metastatic prostate cancer, which was thought to be responsible for his PMR-like syndrome. By recognizing the resemblance between metastatic malignancy and rheumatologic diseases, the emergency physician can improve diagnostic accuracy.
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spelling pubmed-35429442013-01-16 Metastatic Prostate Cancer Mimicking Polymyalgia Rheumatica Randazzo, Charles T. Bernard, Aaron W. Rund, Douglas A. Case Rep Emerg Med Case Report A 59-year-old male presented to the emergency department with a four-month progressive history of proximal muscle pain and weakness with elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein. He was initially diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and admitted to the hospital. During his hospitalization he was found to have metastatic prostate cancer, which was thought to be responsible for his PMR-like syndrome. By recognizing the resemblance between metastatic malignancy and rheumatologic diseases, the emergency physician can improve diagnostic accuracy. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-12-15 /pmc/articles/PMC3542944/ /pubmed/23326698 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/695320 Text en Copyright © 2011 Charles T. Randazzo et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Metastatic Prostate Cancer Mimicking Polymyalgia Rheumatica
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title_full Metastatic Prostate Cancer Mimicking Polymyalgia Rheumatica
title_fullStr Metastatic Prostate Cancer Mimicking Polymyalgia Rheumatica
title_full_unstemmed Metastatic Prostate Cancer Mimicking Polymyalgia Rheumatica
title_short Metastatic Prostate Cancer Mimicking Polymyalgia Rheumatica
title_sort metastatic prostate cancer mimicking polymyalgia rheumatica
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3542944/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23326698
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/695320
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