Palmar fasciitis with polyarthritis syndrome in a patient with breast cancer
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Kavya Krishna & Abdulraheem Yacoub & Laura F. Hutchins & Patrick M. Kortebein
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
Palmar fasciitis and polyarthritis syndrome (PFPAS) is a rare paraneoplastic syndrome often associated with ovarian and pancreatic cancers, and rarely lung and breast cancers. A 39-year-old patient with breast cancer underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy, radical mastectomy, and radiation therapy. Subsequently, the patient developed PFPAS coinciding with progression of the breast cancer. The rheumatological symptoms were severe causing significant distress and handicap. The patient had a partial response to treatment with corticosteroids. A literature review of PFPAS and its relation to breast cancer is discussed.
Clin Rheumatol (2011) 30:569–572 Received: 8 August 2010 / Accepted: 29 September 2010 / Published online: 16 October 2010
