Relapse of both small cell lung cancer and Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome after a 13-year disease-free survival period

Relapse of both small cell lung cancer and Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome after a 13-year disease-free survival period

Abstract Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) is a paraneoplastic syndrome and only 3% of small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC) patients have LEMS. Moreover, the recurrence of SCLC after a disease-free survival (DFS) of more than 10 years is rare. We report a patient who had a recurrence of both SCLC...

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Main Authors: Fumio Asano, Keisuke Watanabe, Masaharu Shinkai, Yoshitaka Tei, Kei Mishina, Mikiko Tanabe, Hiroshi Ishii, Masahiro Shinoda, Tadasuke Shimokawaji, Makoto Kudo, Takeshi Kaneko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-07-01
Series:Chinese Journal of Cancer
Subjects:
Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome
Paraneoplastic syndrome
Paraneoplastic neurological syndrome
P/Q-type anti-voltage-gated calcium channel antibody
Small cell lung carcinoma
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40880-016-0127-x

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