Dermatomyositis as first clinical appearance for a thymic epidermoid cell carcinoma

Acta Biomedica de l'Ateneo Parmense

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 68-71

  Iacovelli, Roberto ^a   Palazzo, Antonella ^a   Conte, Davide ^a   Fabbri, Maria Agnese ^a   Vitolo, Domenico ^a   Cortesi, Enrico ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dermatomyositis; Paraneoplastic syndrome; Thymic carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELTOID MUSCLE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; PAPULAR RASH; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THORAX PAIN; THYMIC EPIDERMOID CELL CARCINOMA; THYMUS CANCER; TUMOR BIOPSY;

DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77957015621     PISSN: 03924203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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