Acute carcinomatous myopathy associated with ovarian carcinoma.
A case of acute, fatal, rapidly progressive pure myopathy associated with ovarian carcinoma is described. The first symptoms of carcinomatous myopathy occurred 8 months after surgical treatment and combined chemotherapy. The patient died 2 months after onset of myopathy. The clinical and pathologic findings of the myopathy are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D003537:Cystadenoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology