Rheumatology

Cervical Cancer

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How do you manage a patient with cervical cancer who has FDG uptake in bilateral ischial tuberosities with lytic areas on CT correlate, and also has a history suspicious for untreated polymyalgia rheumatica with chronic symptoms in the same anatomic locations?

Cervical cancer FIGO stage IIIC2. Bloodwork shows elevated ESR and CRP.

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Papers discussed in this category

Rheumatology (Sunnyvale, Calif.), 2015 May 07

Polymyalgia Rheumatica and its Association with Cancer.

Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 2013 Jul 10

Is cancer associated with polymyalgia rheumatica? A cohort study in the General Practice Research Database.

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