Hepatocellular carcinoma presenting as polymyositis: A paraneoplastic syndrome

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 533-535

  Kishore, Dhiraj ^a   Khurana, Vishal ^a   Raj, Amit ^a   Gambhir, Indarajeet Singh ^a   Diwaker, Amita ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CREATINE KINASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL INFILTRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DYSPNEA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDOMYSIUM; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOPTYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER LOBECTOMY; LIVER TUMOR; LUNG EMBOLISM; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE NECROSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOSITIS; NECK MUSCLE; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; THIGH; THORAX PAIN; ULTRASOUND;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CREATINE KINASE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMYOSITIS; QUADRIPLEGIA;

EID: 80052871406     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 09754466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0256-4947.84636     Document Type: Article

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