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Antinuclear Antibody (ANA) and Anti-Mi-2-Alpha Positive Dermatomyositis Hinting a Cancer Diagnosis

Dermatomyositis (DM) is a relatively uncommon inflammatory myopathy that has been linked to cancer. We report the case of an 81-year-old woman with cecum adenocarcinoma presenting with antinuclear antibody (ANA) and anti-Mi-2-alpha antibody-positive DM. The patient complained of anorexia, symmetric...

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Autores principales: Pacheco, Mariana, Ferreira, Helena, Silva, Clara, Silva, João, Matias, Emanuel, Antunes, Teresa, Almeida, Jorge S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8896541/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35291538
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21844