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Paraneoplastic syndrome is defined as a systemic malignancy producing prostaglandins or other substances that lead to various manifestations, syndromes or diseases. In the following report we present a case of a young patient complaining of bilateral Baker's cysts who ultimately was diagnosed as suffering from gastric lymphoma. Following subtotal total gastrectomy the Baker's cysts disappeared with no specific treatment.
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Bericht über den Fall eines jungen Patienten, bei dem bilaterale Baker-Zysten die ersten Symptome waren, die auf ein später diagnostiziertes Magenlymphom hinwiesen. Die Baker-Zysten bildeten sich nach subtotaler Gastrektomie und Chemotherapie spontan zurück and werden als Ausdruck eines paraneoplastischen Syndroms interpretiert.
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Shapira, A., Peshin, J., Lin, E. et al. Bilateral baker's cyst as the presenting symptom of paraneoplastic syndrome. Arch. Orth. Traum. Surg. 107, 385–387 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00381068
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