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VIAMONTE TAPIA, María N et al. Polymiositis as a paraneoplastic manifestation of stomach cancer. MEDISAN [online]. 2011, vol.15, n.11, pp. 1634-1638. ISSN 1029-3019.

The clinical case of a man aged 55 undergoing polymiositis diagnosis as a paraneoplastic manifestation when he was alive is presented. Nonetheless, his health condition got worse and he died even after receiving the steroid therapy. The necropsy result confirmed the presence of gastric neoplasm.

Palabras clave : paraneoplastic polymiositis; steroid therapy; gastric neoplasm.

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