Systemic sclerosis associated with rectal cancer. Case report and a brief review of the literature.
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Autoimmune diseases may appear as paraneoplastic syndromes during the course of a neoplastic disease, the most common being dermatomyositis/ polymyositis. The association of systemic sclerosis and cancer is not clear. The case of a 56-year-old male with rectal cancer and systemic sclerosis where the coexistence of the two diseases was closely related, so that scleroderma was considered a paraneoplastic syndrome rather than a concomitant morbid condition, is presented.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- In vivo
دوره 22 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008