Rheumatic paraneoplastic syndromes are rare syndromes that occur at distant sites from the underlying tumor and may involve the bones, joints, fasciae, muscles, or vessels. In the absence of a known tumor, early recognition of a rheumatic syndrome as paraneoplastic permits dedicated work-up for, and potentially early treatment of an occult malignancy. Although there is a continuously growing list of paraneoplastic rheumatic disorders, not all of these disorders have a well-established association with a neoplastic process. The goals of this article are to review the clinical characteristics, diagnostic work-up, and imaging findings of well-documented rheumatic paraneoplastic disorders.
Keywords: Cancer-associated myositis; Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy; Palmar fasciitis and polyarthritis; Pancreatic panniculitis and polyarthritis; Paraneoplastic polyarthritis; Remitting seronegative symmetric synovitis with pitting edema; Rheumatic paraneoplastic syndromes; Tumor-induced osteomalacia.
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