Colon cancer presenting with polymyositis - A case report

International Journal of Surgery Case Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 225-227

  Rominiyi, O ^a   Broman, D M ^b   Rajaganeshan, R ^b   Selvasekar, C R ^b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIGHTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Paraneoplastic syndrome; Polymyositis

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CASE REPORT; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 80054945290     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22102612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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