Polymyositis as a presentation of advanced carcinoma of Mullerian origin: A case report and discussion

• Ovarian cancer of Mullerian origin may have paraneoplastic features as a first presenting symptom. • Presentations of polymyositis may be associated with underlying carcinomas of Mullerian origin. • Our patient demonstrated clinical improvement in symptoms after initiation of steroids, IVIG and ch...

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Autores principales: Dieffenbach, Catherine, Bouberhan, Sara, Raynor, Elizabeth, Shea, Meghan, Liu, Fong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6044107/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30014017
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2018.04.010
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author Dieffenbach, Catherine
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spelling pubmed-60441072018-07-16 Polymyositis as a presentation of advanced carcinoma of Mullerian origin: A case report and discussion Dieffenbach, Catherine Bouberhan, Sara Raynor, Elizabeth Shea, Meghan Liu, Fong Gynecol Oncol Rep Case Report • Ovarian cancer of Mullerian origin may have paraneoplastic features as a first presenting symptom. • Presentations of polymyositis may be associated with underlying carcinomas of Mullerian origin. • Our patient demonstrated clinical improvement in symptoms after initiation of steroids, IVIG and chemotherapy. Elsevier 2018-05-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6044107/ /pubmed/30014017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2018.04.010 Text en © 2018 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Raynor, Elizabeth
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Polymyositis as a presentation of advanced carcinoma of Mullerian origin: A case report and discussion
title Polymyositis as a presentation of advanced carcinoma of Mullerian origin: A case report and discussion
title_full Polymyositis as a presentation of advanced carcinoma of Mullerian origin: A case report and discussion
title_fullStr Polymyositis as a presentation of advanced carcinoma of Mullerian origin: A case report and discussion
title_full_unstemmed Polymyositis as a presentation of advanced carcinoma of Mullerian origin: A case report and discussion
title_short Polymyositis as a presentation of advanced carcinoma of Mullerian origin: A case report and discussion
title_sort polymyositis as a presentation of advanced carcinoma of mullerian origin: a case report and discussion
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6044107/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30014017
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2018.04.010
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