Journal article
Adenocarcinoma of Lung Presenting as Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome
JIM - high impact case reports, v 5(3), pp 2324709617721251-2324709617721251
01 Jul 2017
PMID: 28785598
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Abstract
Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) is a paraneoplastic neuromuscular junction disorder. LEMS presents with muscular weakness and fatigability, mainly involving the proximal lower limbs. There are 2 types of LEMS depending on the etiology: paraneoplastic and idiopathic. The paraneoplastic form, which constitutes more than a half of the cases, is mostly associated with intrathoracic neoplasms. Most cases are seen in patients with small cell lung cancer; other subtypes of lung cancer are extremely rare. In this article, we report a case of LEMS as a rare association with adenocarcinoma of the lung.
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- Title
- Adenocarcinoma of Lung Presenting as Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome
- Creators
- Sumera Bukhari - Seton Hall UniversityRabia Soomro - Seton Hall UniversityShaikh Fawwad - Seton Hall UniversityChikezie Alvarez - St. Francis Medical CenterSara Wallach - St. Francis Medical Center
- Publication Details
- JIM - high impact case reports, v 5(3), pp 2324709617721251-2324709617721251
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- General Internal Medicine
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000457922700007
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85065005000
- Other Identifier
- 991021962197004721
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