title: [A case report of a patient with overlap syndrome systemic lupus erythematosus( SLE) and polymyositis( PM)whose condition improved following treatment for coexisting descending colon cancer].
abstract: Here, we report a case of a patient with overlap syndrome (systemic lupus erythematosus[SLE]and polymyositis[PM]) whose condition improved following treatment for coexisting descending colon cancer. A 75-year-old man experienced Raynaud symptoms and arthralgia. He was diagnosed as having overlap syndrome (SLE/PM) and was treated with steroids. However, the symptoms did not improve. Descending colon cancer was diagnosed by colonoscopy. After surgery, overlap syndrome improved immediately. Overlap syndrome was considered as a paraneoplastic event caused by the coexisting descending colon cancer.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Digestive Surgery and Surgical Oncology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Taiki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kijima
authors.forename: Shinsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kanekiyo
authors.forename: Chiyo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nakasuga
authors.forename: Yuka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Yoshitaro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shindo
authors.forename: Masahito
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsutsui
authors.forename: Shigefumi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshino
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: Masafumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yano
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bimoto
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanda
authors.forename: Shoichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hazama
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oka
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D017285:Polymyositis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D011379:Prognosis