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Front Oncol. 2018 Nov 20;8:534. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2018.00534. eCollection 2018.

Co-occurrence of Dermatomyositis and Polycythemia Unveiling Rare .

Frontiers in oncology

Charalampos Papagoras, Stella Arelaki, Ioannis Botis, Ioannis Chrysafis, Stavros Giannopoulos, Panagiotis Skendros

Affiliations

  1. First Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
  2. Department of Pathology, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
  3. Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
  4. Department of Urology, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.

PMID: 30524963 PMCID: PMC6256116 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2018.00534

Abstract

We present a case of dermatomyositis together with polycythemia as initial manifestations of a particularly rare type of prostate cancer. A 69-year-old man was hospitalized for facial erythema and symptoms of fatigue. Physical evaluation, serum creatinine phosphokinase and electromyography were consistent with dermatomyositis. In parallel, the hemoglobin level was 18.5 g/dL, serum erythropoietin levels were low normal and no

Keywords: dermatomyositis; erythrocytosis; neuroendocrine neoplasia; polycythemia; prostate cancer

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