1.
Clin Endocrinol (Oxf)
; 75(4): 571-2, 2011 Oct.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21521337
Assuntos
Análise Mutacional de DNA/métodos , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-ret/genética , Neoplasias da Glândula Tireoide/genética , Adulto , Carcinoma Neuroendócrino , Feminino , Predisposição Genética para Doença , Humanos , Índia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Proto-Oncogene Mas , Adulto Jovem
2.
Ann Indian Acad Neurol
; 14(1): 44-6, 2011 Jan.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21655205
RESUMO
Cancer-related muscle diseases are usually paraneoplastic disorders. Dermatomyositis (DM) is a type of inflammatory myopathy that is strongly associated with a broad range of malignant disorders. The malignancy can occur before, concomitantly or after the onset of myositis. The malignancies most commonly associated with DM are carcinomas of ovary, lung, stomach, colorectal and pancreas, as well as non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. An association of DM with carcinoma of the gall bladder (GB) is extremely rare with only two previously reported cases in the literature. We report a case of carcinoma of GB with DM as the paraneoplastic manifestation.