Polyarthritis associated with gastric carcinoma
Chaun, H.; Robinson, C.E.; Sutherland, W.H.; Dunn, W.L.
Canadian Medical Association Journal 131(8): 909-911
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0008-4409 PMID: 6488121 Document Number: 237007
In a 68-year-old man who had polyarthritis associated with gastric carcinoma surgical resection of the tumour was accompanied by prompt resolution of the arthritic syndrome. In 11 years of follow-up the arthritis has remained in complete remission and there has been no recurrence of the carcinoma. An awareness that polyarthritis may be a presenting manifestation of an underlying carcinoma may, especially in an elderly person, lead to early recognition and treatment of the malignant disease.