1. Myasthenic syndrome (Eaton-Lambert syndrome) associated with pulmonary adenocarcinoma.
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Ramos-Yeo YL and Reyes CV
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- Adenocarcinoma pathology, Carcinoma, Small Cell pathology, Humans, Lung diagnostic imaging, Lung pathology, Lung Neoplasms pathology, Male, Middle Aged, Muscular Diseases etiology, Muscular Diseases pathology, Radiography, Syndrome, Time Factors, Adenocarcinoma diagnosis, Carcinoma, Small Cell diagnosis, Lung Neoplasms diagnosis, Muscular Diseases diagnosis
- Abstract
A case of a 57-year-old man who presented with the clinical features of Eaton-Lambert syndrome preceding the diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma at autopsy by 7 years, is reported. Although myasthenic syndrome is intimately associated with pulmonary small cell carcinoma, which connotes a grave prognosis, a small percentage of the tumor can be squamous cell carcinoma or adenocarcinoma, which may be resectable. Therefore, a continued search for evidence of intrathoracic neoplasm must be pursued following manifestations of myasthenic syndrome.
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- 1987
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