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A case of inflammatory pseudotumor of the lung presenting as polymyalgia rheumatica

A common inflammatory condition, the investigation and diagnosis of polymyalgia rheumatica should be within the scope of a general physician's repertoire. While there is limited evidence to confirm the existence of polymyalgia rheumatica as a distinct paraneoplastic syndrome (Reumatismo. 2018;7...

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Autores principales: Tompkins, Erin L., Middlebrook, Candice E.‐P., Tracy, Christopher L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6692970/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31428379
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2172
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spelling pubmed-66929702019-08-19 A case of inflammatory pseudotumor of the lung presenting as polymyalgia rheumatica Tompkins, Erin L. Middlebrook, Candice E.‐P. Tracy, Christopher L. Clin Case Rep Case Reports A common inflammatory condition, the investigation and diagnosis of polymyalgia rheumatica should be within the scope of a general physician's repertoire. While there is limited evidence to confirm the existence of polymyalgia rheumatica as a distinct paraneoplastic syndrome (Reumatismo. 2018;70(1):23), a broadened differential should be utilized prior to diagnosis of this disease. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019-06-26 /pmc/articles/PMC6692970/ /pubmed/31428379 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2172 Text en Published 2019. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title A case of inflammatory pseudotumor of the lung presenting as polymyalgia rheumatica
title_full A case of inflammatory pseudotumor of the lung presenting as polymyalgia rheumatica
title_fullStr A case of inflammatory pseudotumor of the lung presenting as polymyalgia rheumatica
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title_short A case of inflammatory pseudotumor of the lung presenting as polymyalgia rheumatica
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6692970/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31428379
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2172
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