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. 2014 Apr;34(4):565-9.
doi: 10.1007/s00296-013-2910-1. Epub 2013 Dec 10.

Cancer-associated myositis: a 35-year retrospective study of a monocentric cohort

Rossella Neri  1 , Simone Barsotti, Valentina Iacopetti, Giacomo Iacopetti, Pasquale Pepe, Anna d'Ascanio, Antonio Gaetano Tavoni, Marta Mosca, Stefano Bombardieri
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Cancer-associated myositis: a 35-year retrospective study of a monocentric cohort

Rossella Neri et al. Rheumatol Int. 2014 Apr.

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  • Rheumatol Int. 2014 Apr;34(4):595. Simone, Barsotti [corrected to Barsotti, Simone]

Abstract

This study is aimed at retrospectively studying cancer-associated 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 sixty-two 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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