Cancer associated myositis (CAM): management

Evidence-based neurology checklist on cancer associated myositis (cam): management: Imaging tests Chest X ray Computerised tomography (CT) body Mammogram Testicular ultrasound scan: in males <50 years Positron emission tomography (PET) scan Antibodies Blood tests Other tests Non-drug treatments…

Imaging tests

  • Chest X ray
  • Computerised tomography (CT) body
  • Mammogram
  • Testicular ultrasound scan: in males <50 years
  • Positron emission tomography (PET) scan

Antibodies

Blood tests

Other tests

Non-drug treatments

Drug treatments

References

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  4. Yang H, Peng Q, Yin L, Li S, Shi J, Zhang Y, Lu X, Shu X, Zhang S, Wang G. Identification of multiple cancer-associated myositis-specific autoantibodies in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: a large longitudinal cohort study. Arthritis Res Ther 2017; 19:259.
  5. Fayyaz B, Rehman HJ, Uqdah H. Cancer-associated myositis: an elusive entity. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 2019; 9:45-49.
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