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Adenocarcinoma of the colon presenting as polymyositis: case report
N Tsavaris1, G Karargyris, D Pikazis
1Department of Pathophysiology, University of Athens School of Medicine, Laikon General Hospital, Greece. tsavari1@otenet.gr
Journal of Chemotherapy (Florence, Italy)
|March 15, 2002
Abstract:
The relationship between polymyositis and malignancy is well known. Several types of tumors can be complicated with myositis and/or more frequently dermatomyositis. It has been suggested that tumors of the large bowel are rarely complicated by myositis. We describe a patient with adenocarcinoma of the colon presenting as polymyositis and review the available literature.