International Journal of Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Research (Oct 2011)

Inflammatory Myopathy as Early Manifestation of Gastric Cancer

  • Nasim Valizadeh,
  • Babak Ahmadi Salmasi,
  • Ali Eishi Oskuie

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 3
p. 0

Abstract

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Inflammatory myopathy is a paraneoplastic syndrome. Inflammatory myopathy may be the first manifestation of underlying malignancy. It was reported in patients with colon cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, lung cancer and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. There are few reports regarding inflammatory myopathy in patients with gastric cancer. We want to present inflammatory myopathy as early manifestation of gastric cancer in a 65 y/o Asian male.

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