Open AccessSevere Joint Pain as a Manifestation of Paraneoplastic Rheumatic Syndrome in a Patient with a Malignant Lymphoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Author(s) -
Rikke Asmussen Andreasen,
Amir Emamifar,
Jacob Christian Bang,
Michael Møller,
I. Marié,
Jørgen Vinsløv Hansen
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
itch and pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2377-9756
DOI - 10.14800/ip.759
Subject(s) - medicine , lymphoma , malignant lymphoma , dermatology , physical therapy , pathology
Rheumatic diseases (RD) and malignancies may be connected to each other in different ways. It has previously been shown, that RD can be a primary manifestation of an underlying cancer as a paraneoplastic syndrome (PNS). RD are related with increased incidence of different malignancies due to the characteristic of the disease or as a result of drug therapy, for instance immunosuppressive agents and tumor necrosis factor inhibitors .