inflammatory myopathy as early manifestation of gastric cancer
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چکیده
inflammatory myopathy is a paraneoplastic syndrome. inflammatory myopathy may be the first manifestation of underlying malignancy. it was reported in patients with colon cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, lung cancer and non-hodgkin lymphoma. there are few reports regarding inflammatory myopathy in patients with gastric cancer. we want to present inflammatory myopathy as early manifestation of gastric cancer in a 65 y/o asian male.
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international journal of hematology-oncology and stem cell researchجلد ۵، شماره ۳، صفحات ۰-۰
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