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Inflammatory Myopathy as Early Manifestation of Gastric Cancer

Abstract

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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Gastric cancer Inflammatory myopathy Paraneoplastic syndrome

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Eishi Oskuie A, Ahmadi Salmasi B, Valizadeh N. Inflammatory Myopathy as Early Manifestation of Gastric Cancer. Int J Hematol Oncol Stem Cell Res. 1;5(3):0-0.