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- Title
Focal facial myositis—a paraneoplastic syndrome?
- Authors
Beirão, Tiago Miguel Brandão de Melo; Samões, Beatriz; Fonseca, Diogo; Rua, Catarina; Costa, Flávio; Vieira, Romana; Aleixo, Joana; Videira, Taciana; Ferreira, Cristina; Coelho, Henrique; Pinto, Patrícia
- Abstract
The article describes the case of a 63-year-old woman who presented with an acute painful swelling of the left temporal region. Cited are the medical history of the patient, the findings of the physical and laboratory examinations which led to the diagnosis of temporal myositis (TM) associated with cancer, and patient outcome following treatment that included etanercept and rituximab.
- Subjects
RHEUMATOID arthritis diagnosis; RITUXIMAB; PARANEOPLASTIC syndromes; DOXORUBICIN; TEMPORALIS muscle; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; METHOTREXATE; RHEUMATOID arthritis; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; MYOSITIS; ADALIMUMAB; ETANERCEPT; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Rheumatology, 2023, Vol 62, Issue 10, pe297
- ISSN
1462-0324
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1093/rheumatology/kead133