Authors: Rossella Neri Barsotti Simone Valentina Iacopetti Giacomo Iacopetti Pasquale Pepe Anna d’Ascanio Antonio Gaetano Tavoni Marta Mosca Stefano Bombardieri
Publish Date: 2013/12/10
Volume: 34, Issue: 4, Pages: 565-569
Abstract
This study is aimed at retrospectively studying cancerassociated inflammatory myopathies CAM in a cohort of patients with inflammatory myopathies CAM were diagnosed if the tumor was diagnosed 2 years before or after disease onset One hundred and sixtytwo patients were included 27 17 had CAM A significant association was observed between CAM and dermatomyositis DM older age and dysphagia at disease onset CAM have lower creatine kinase CK levels at onset and a low prevalence of autoantibodies In conclusion the association of male sex older age DM dysphagia at onset lower CK and autoantibodies negativity carries a high suspicion of CAM
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