Palmar fasciitis and polyarthritis syndrome
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Paraneoplastic palmar fasciitis and polyarthritis syndrome.
Palmar fasciitis and polyarthritis syndrome is a rare paraneoplastic syndrome that has been reported mainly for ovarian cancers. It is thought to be a tumour-associated autoimmune disorder. It is associated with polyarthritis and rapid flexion contractures of hands with palmar nodules due to palmar fasciitis. Similar paraneoplastic features in gastric cancers have seldom been reported. Here, I ...
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عنوان ژورنال: QJM
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1460-2725,1460-2393
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcp147