title: [Acute polymyositis with spontaneously regressive subcutaneous edema. Apropos of a case].
abstract: A 65 year-old man with an oesophageal carcinoma had an acute polymyositis with an extensive oedema of shoulders and arms which improved spontaneously. The significance of these disorders is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D001132:Arm; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications*; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009220:Myositis / Q000209:etiology*; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012782:Shoulder
vernacular_title: Polymyosite aiguë avec oedème sous-cutané spontanément régressive. A propos d'un cas.