Pereira, João and Eugénio, Gisela and Calretas, Suzana and Santos, Rui and Carvalho, Armando (2016) More Than Just a Case of Polymyalgia Rheumatica. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 3 (3). pp. 1-4. ISSN 2284-2594
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Abstract
Malignant neoplasms are associated with a wide range of paraneoplastic rheumatological syndromes. These can be defined as remote effects of cancer, which are not caused by the tumor and its metastasis. The authors describe the case of an 82-year-old man, who presented with a one-month history of pain, stiffness, and functional limitation of the scapular and pelvic girdles. Blood tests showed raised levels of inflammatory markers. He was diagnosed with Polymyalgia Rheumatica, but the lack of response to corticosteroids led to the suspicion of an alternative diagnosis, like, for example, an occult neoplasm. Although patient evaluation was initially normal, five months later he developed macroscopic haematuria and was diagnosed with bladder and prostate carcinomas. After surgical treatment, the patient fully recovered from his rheumatological syndrome.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Paraneoplastic rheumatological syndromes, Polymyalgia rheumatica, cancer |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Chiara D'Arpa |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Sep 2016 15:49 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Sep 2016 15:49 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/15128 |
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