title: Polymyositis and hepatocellular carcinoma.
abstract: We report a patient with recent onset of acute polymyositis who was subsequently found to have a hepatocellular carcinoma, a rare uncommonly associated malignancy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Rheumatology, Mubarak AL-Kabeer Hospital, Kuwait, Arabian Gulf.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sattar
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Guindi
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Tungekar
mesh_terms: D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009220:Myositis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology