[Polymyositis and cerebral metastasis as the initial manifestation of a carcinoma of unknown origin. Apropos of a case].
Polymyositis is an acute or chronic inflammatory myopathy, being its association with malignancy object of controversy. We report a case of a young male patient, in whom the presence of brain metastases and polymyositis were the initial manifestation of a neoplasm of unknown origin, fact rarely described in literature.
Garcia Román
J M
JM
Servicio de Medicina Interna. Hospital Povisa, Vigo.
Abellas Rosende
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de la Fuente buceta
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A
Antón Badiola
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I
Carrillo Sande
J A
JA
Durán Muñoz
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O
D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009382:Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D017285:Polymyositis / Q000209:etiology*