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Paraneoplastic polymyositis associated with squamous cell carcinoma of the lung. Chest 2006 Jun;129(6):1721-3

Date

06/17/2006

Pubmed ID

16778295

DOI

10.1378/chest.129.6.1721

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-33745147604 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   11 Citations

Abstract

An association between polymyositis and lung cancer has been debated. Published data usually lack either lung cancer histologic differentiation or biopsy-based delineation between polymyositis and dermatomyositis. We reported a case of a 56-year-old man with squamous cell carcinoma of the lung confined to a single hilar lymph node presenting with biopsy-proven polymyositis of 3 months in duration. Polymyositis should be considered as a potential presentation of paraneoplastic syndrome, especially in patients who are at risk for lung cancer.

Author List

Gabrilovich M, Raza M, Dolan S, Raza T

Author

Stephen Dolan MD Associate Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Humans
Lung Neoplasms
Male
Middle Aged
Paraneoplastic Syndromes
Polymyositis