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Paraneoplastic polymyositis associated with breast cancer: a therapeutic emergency

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The association of polymyositis and cancer was first described in 1916, the most frequent cancers being mammary and gynecological for women, bronchopulmonary for men and digestive for both. This article reports a severe paraneoplastic polymyositis associated with breast cancer. The authors discuss its clinical, pathological and therapeutic particularities.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Hautepierre Hospital, CHRU, Avenue Molière, 67200, Strasbourg Cedex, France

    S. Croce

  2. Pole of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Senology Unit, Hautepierre Hospital, CHRU, Avenue Molière, 67200, Strasbourg Cedex, France

    M. Guèye & C. Mathelin

  3. Department of Clinical Immunology and Internal Medicine, Civil Hospital, 1, place de l’Hôpital, BP 426, 67091, Strasbourg Cedex, France

    A. C. E. Korganow

  4. Department of Rheumatology, Hautepierre Hospital, CHRU, Avenue Molière, 67200, Strasbourg Cedex, France

    E. Chatelus

  5. Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Aristide Le Dantec Hospital, CHU, 1 Avenue Pasteur, BP 3001, Dakar, Senegal

    S. M. K. Guèye

  6. Department of Surgical Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Hautepierre Hospital, CHRU, Avenue Molière, 67200, Strasbourg Cedex, France

    P. Diemunsch

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Croce, S., Guèye, M., Korganow, A.C.E. et al. Paraneoplastic polymyositis associated with breast cancer: a therapeutic emergency. Breast Cancer Res Treat 126, 811–814 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-010-1328-7

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