Abstract
Autoimmune diseases may appear as paraneoplastic syndromes during the course of a neoplastic disease, the most common being dermatomyositis/ polymyositis. The association of systemic sclerosis and cancer is not clear. The case of a 56-year-old male with rectal cancer and systemic sclerosis where the coexistence of the two diseases was closely related, so that scleroderma was considered a paraneoplastic syndrome rather than a concomitant morbid condition, is presented.
MeSH terms
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Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use
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Biopsy
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Colectomy
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Fatal Outcome
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Humans
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Male
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Methylprednisolone / therapeutic use
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Middle Aged
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Paraneoplastic Syndromes / complications
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Paraneoplastic Syndromes / pathology
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Rectal Neoplasms / complications*
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Rectal Neoplasms / pathology
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Rectal Neoplasms / radiotherapy
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Rectal Neoplasms / surgery
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Scleroderma, Systemic / complications*
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Scleroderma, Systemic / drug therapy
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Scleroderma, Systemic / pathology
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Skin Diseases / complications*
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Skin Diseases / drug therapy
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Skin Diseases / pathology
Substances
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Adrenal Cortex Hormones
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Methylprednisolone