Polymyositis and ovarian carcinoma: a case report

We are reporting a case of ovarian carcinoma, who presented with polymyositis. Polymyositis, without any evidence of dermatomyositis, as the presentation of ovarian carcinoma has never been reported. In fact, for patients with polymyositis, there does not appear to be a great increase in the risk of...

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Published in:	Archives of gynecology and obstetrics Vol. 275; no. 3; pp. 195 - 197
Main Authors:	Ghosh, Anshuman, Malak, T M, Pool, A J
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Germany Springer Nature B.V 01-03-2007
Subjects:	Case reports Fatal Outcome Female Humans Middle Aged Neoplasm Staging Ovarian cancer Ovarian Neoplasms - complications Ovarian Neoplasms - pathology Paraneoplastic Syndromes - etiology Polymyositis - diagnosis Polymyositis - etiology
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Summary:	We are reporting a case of ovarian carcinoma, who presented with polymyositis. Polymyositis, without any evidence of dermatomyositis, as the presentation of ovarian carcinoma has never been reported. In fact, for patients with polymyositis, there does not appear to be a great increase in the risk of malignancy. The purpose of this report is to make the gynaecologists aware that polymyositis alone can also be the presenting symptom for ovarian carcinoma.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Case Study-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-4 content type line 23 ObjectType-Report-1 ObjectType-Article-3
ISSN:	0932-0067 1432-0711
DOI:	10.1007/s00404-006-0198-z