Severe onset of inflammatory myositis in a child: think to paraneoplastic myositis

Severe onset of inflammatory myositis in a child: think to paraneoplastic myositis

Abstract Background Juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (JIIMs) are a group of heterogenous, acquired, autoimmune disorders that affect the muscle. While the association between IIMs and malignancy has been widely reported in adults, cancer-associated myositis (CAM) is rare in children, so t...

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Main Authors: Simone Benvenuto, Giulia Gortani, Rossana Bussani, Federico Poropat, Flora Maria Murru, Marco Carrozzi, Alberto Tommasini, Andrea Taddio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-07-01
Series:Italian Journal of Pediatrics
Subjects:
Cancer-associated myopathy
Necrotizing myopathy
Anti-TIF1- γ
Inflammatory myopathy
Teratoma
IVIG
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13052-021-01098-1

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13052-021-01098-1

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