Autoimmune Gastrointestinal Paralysis: Failure of Conventional Treatment without Immunomodulation

The treatment of the rare enteric nervous system (ENS) manifestations of paraneoplastic syndromes, which are most frequently associated with small cell lung cancer (SCLC), is poorly understood and described. Patients with neuroendocrine-derived tumors can develop B-cell reactivity towards the tumor...

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Main Authors: Craig Weinkauf, Sean McPhillips, Robert Krouse, Ira Levine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Surgery
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/180654