Paraneoplastic dermatomyositis as presentation of thymic carcinoma

General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 422-425

  Dell'Amore, Andrea ^a   Asadi, Nizar ^a   Caroli, Guido ^a   Dolci, Giampiero ^a   Bini, Alessandro ^a   Stella, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dermatomyositis; Paraneoplastic syndrome; Thymic carcinoma; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CISPLATIN; CREATINE KINASE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GEMCITABINE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERYTHEMA; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRURITUS; SKIN BIOPSY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STERNOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS CANCER; TRACHEOTOMY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

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

EID: 84879793058     PISSN: 18636705     EISSN: 18636713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-012-0144-x     Document Type: Article

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