Successful resection of dermatomyositis associated with thymic carcinoma: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 245-248

  Takahashi, Fumiyuki ^a   Tsuta, Koji ^b   Nagaoka, Tetsutaro ^a   Miyamoto, Hideaki ^a   Saito, Yuichi ^a   Amano, Hirofumi ^a   Uchida, Koji ^a   Morio, Yoshiteru ^a   Shimizu, Kazue ^a   Sasaki, Shinichi ^a   Tominaga, Shigeru ^a   Uekusa, Toshimasa ^c   Izumi, Hiroshi ^a   Anami, Yoichi ^a   Matsuno, Yoshihiro ^b   Takahashi, Kazuhisa ^a   Fukuchi, Yoshinosuke ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KANTO ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dermatomyositis; Surgical resection; Thymic carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CREATINE KINASE; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MUSCLE ENZYME;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PAPULE; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; RASH; SKIN SURGERY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THYMUS CANCER;

BROMHEXINE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 40149112296     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-007-3601-x     Document Type: Article

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