Rheumatoid-like polyarthritis as a presenting feature of metastatic carcinoma: A case presentation and review of the literature

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 353-354

  Mok, C C ^a   Kwan, Y K ^a  

^a TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Arthroplasty; Cancer; Malignancy; Musculoskeletal; Rheumatic

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NARCOTIC AGENT; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; STEROID;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CARCINOMATOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; AGED; ARTHRITIS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0345328710     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-003-0741-2     Document Type: Article

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