Systemic sclerosis in association with multiple primary pulmonary malignancy--a marker of internal malignancy?
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Systemic sclerosis in association with multiple primary pulmonary malignancy--a marker of internal malignancy?
Multiple pulmonary malignancy is uncommon and has not been reported in association with systemic sclerosis. We now report such a case in which it is likely that the connective tissue disease occurred as a marker of the internal malignancy. Systemic sclerosis is not generally a reliable indicator of malignant change, but it is possible that in patients who are immunosuppressed, either therapeuti...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.64.757.886