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Paraneoplastic sclerodermiform syndrome--case report.
| dc.contributor.author | Rovisco, J | |
| dc.contributor.author | Serra, S | |
| dc.contributor.author | Abreu, P | |
| dc.contributor.author | Coutinho, M | |
| dc.contributor.author | Santiago, T | |
| dc.contributor.author | Inês, L | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pereira da Silva, JA | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-07-03T11:19:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-07-03T11:19:10Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Occasionally, auto-immune diseases may emerge as paraneoplastic syndromes. This is especially recognized in the case of polymyositis/dermatomyostis, but it is an extremely rare event in systemic sclerosis (SSc). The authors report the case of a sixty-year-old woman who presented with Raynaud's phenomenon and rapidly progressing skin thickness of the forearms, hands and lower limbs. Patient evaluation revealed a colorectal carcinoma. The patient was referred to the oncology department. This concomitance of cancer and SSc with rapid progression of the latter, suggests that the scleroderma might have a paraneoplastic origin. Such an hypothesis deserves consideration in every case as early diagnosis may be decisive to control the progression of either disease. | por |
| dc.identifier.citation | Acta Reumatol Port. 2014;39(1):87-90. | por |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/1711 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | por |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | por |
| dc.subject | Esclerodermia Sistémica | por |
| dc.subject | Síndromes Paraneoplásicos | por |
| dc.title | Paraneoplastic sclerodermiform syndrome--case report. | por |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | por |
| rcaap.type | article | por |