Paraneoplastic syndrome

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Paraneoplastic syndrome Microchapters

Patient Information

Overview

Classification

Endocrine
Musculocutaneous
Neurological
Hematological
Others

Causes

Differential diagnosis

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Gertrude Djouka, M.D.[2]

Synonyms and keywords: Paraneoplastic syndrome

Overview

A paraneoplastic syndrome is a disease or symptom that is the consequence of the presence of cancer in the body, but is not due to the local presence of cancer cells. These phenomena are mediated by humoral factors (by hormones or cytokines) excreted by tumor cells or by an immune response against the tumor. Sometimes the symptoms of paraneoplastic syndromes show even before the diagnosis of a malignancy.

Classification

Paraneoplastic syndromes can be divided into 4 main categories:

Causes

Differential diagnosis

References

  1. Cohen PR, Kurzrock R (1997). "Mucocutaneous paraneoplastic syndromes". Semin. Oncol. 24 (3): 334–59. PMID 9208889.
  2. Nervous+system+paraneoplastic+syndromes at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
  3. Dalmau J, Tüzün E, Wu HY; et al. (2007). "Paraneoplastic anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis associated with ovarian teratoma". Ann. Neurol. 61 (1): 25–36. doi:10.1002/ana.21050. PMC 2430743. PMID 17262855. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  4. Staszewski H (1997). "Hematological paraneoplastic syndromes". Semin. Oncol. 24 (3): 329–33. PMID 9208888.
  5. Paraneoplastic+endocrine+syndromes at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
  6. Stewart AF (January 2005). "Clinical practice. Hypercalcemia associated with cancer". N. Engl. J. Med. 352 (4): 373–9. doi:10.1056/NEJMcp042806. PMID 15673803.
  7. Spinazzé S, Schrijvers D (April 2006). "Metabolic emergencies". Crit. Rev. Oncol. Hematol. 58 (1): 79–89. doi:10.1016/j.critrevonc.2005.04.004. PMID 16337807.