Table 1.

Clinical Features of Carcinomatous Polyarthritis

Case report and (reference)	Type of neoplasm	Age/sex	Symmetric (S) vs. asymmetric (A)	Timing* (weeks)	Small joint involvement
Present case	Small cell carcinoma of lung	43 years/M	A	24	+
Stummvoll et al. 4	Adenocarcinoma of colon	49 years/M	S	6	+
Eggelmeijer et al. 9	Supraglottic squamous cell carcinoma	50 years/M†	S	44/52	+/+
Bennett et al. 10	Adenocarcinoma of ovary	59 years/F	S	12	+
Madiedo JM et al. 7	Non-small cell carcinoma	59 years/F	S	28	+
Pines et al. 5	Breast cancer	60 years/F	S	14	+
Pines et al. 5	Unknown primary	62 years/F	S	12	+
Pines et al. 5	Oat cell carcinoma	68 years/M	S	6	+
Chuan et al. 8	Tubular adenocarcinoma of stomach	68 years/M	S	80	+
Bradley et al. 3	Spindle cell carcinoma	69 years/M	S	6	+
Stummvoll et al. 4	Small Cell carcinoma of lung	70 years/M	S	4	+
Simon and Ford 11	Adenocarcinoma Of colon	76 years/F	S	16	+

F = female, M = male

+ Positive, - negative

*Time period between arthritis symptoms and diagnosis of neoplasm

†This patient presented with carcinoma polyarthritis twice