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Paraneoplastic polymyositis associated with a renal carcinoma
H Wurzer1, G Brandstätter, K Harnoncourt
1Second Medical Department, Graz General Hospital, Austria.
Journal of Internal Medicine
|November 1, 1993
Summary
This study demonstrates a paraneoplastic syndrome where polymyositis and respiratory insufficiency resolved after renal carcinoma surgery. Symptoms recurred with metastasis, suggesting a link between the muscle disorder and kidney cancer.
Area of Science:
- Neurology
- Oncology
- Immunology
Background:
- Paraneoplastic syndromes can manifest with diverse neurological and muscular symptoms.
- Renal carcinoma is a potential, though less common, underlying cause of paraneoplastic neurological disorders.