Paraneoptastic syndrome of non-small cell lung carcinoma: A case with pancytopenİa, leukocytoclastic vasculitis, and hypertrophic osteoarthropathy

Yalçın Ö.

LUNG CANCER, no.56, pp.455-458, 2007 (SCI-Expanded)

  • Publication Type: Article / Case Report
  • Publication Date: 2007
  • Journal Name: LUNG CANCER
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.455-458
  • Kütahya Health Sciences University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Various remote effects of cancer or paraneoptastic syndromes (PNS) are common in lung cancer, and may be the manifestation of the disease o1its recurrence. The symPtoms may ne endocrine, neuromuscular or muscutoskeletat, cardiovascutar, cutaneous, hematotogic' tasiroıntestınat, renal, or miscellaneous in nature. Since the symPtoms of paraneoplastic synlro.", may occur before the tocat symptoms of the primary tumor, it might be hetpfut in the earty diagnosis of matignancy. we present a 65-year-oLd man with muttipte paraneoptastic syndrome foims consisting of pancytopenia Leukocytoctastic vascutitis and hypertrophic putmonary osteoarthropathy, associated with non-small cell tung carcinoma'