title: [Polymyositis and cerebral metastasis as the initial manifestation of a carcinoma of unknown origin. Apropos of a case].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Interna. Hospital Povisa, Vigo.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Garcia Román
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abellas Rosende
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de la Fuente buceta
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Antón Badiola
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Carrillo Sande
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Durán Muñoz
mesh_terms: 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*