Cutaneous metastatic adenocarcinoma

Autor: Mazharul Huque Khan, Nurul Islam, Noor-A-Alam, Tapash Kumar Maitra, SM Zaved Hossain, Tamanna Narmeen
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: IMC Journal of Medical Science, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 31-33 (2010)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2519-1721
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Popis: A 51 year old man presented with multiple painless skin nodules throughout his body for 3 weeks. He complained of cramping pain in his calf muscles and thighs for 3 months, occasional fever with chills for 2 months and lost about 10kgs in these 3 months. Initially he was diagnosed as a case of viral myositis. His CPK and LDH were raised, febrile antigens and widal test were negative, CA 19-9 was very high (5018 u/ml). Biopsy of skin nodules showed features of metastatic adenocarcinoma. Ibrahim Med. Coll. J. 2010; 4(1): 31-33
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