| Title |
Miastenija kaip vienas iš paraneoplazinių neurologinių sindromų, susijusių su smulkialąsteliniu plaučių vėžiu. Klinikinis atvejis |
| Translation of Title |
Myasthenia gravis as one of paraneoplastic neurological syndromes associated with small cell lung cancer. Case report. |
| Authors |
Bunevičiūtė, Ramunė ; Masaitienė, R ; Klimašauskienė, Aušra |
| DOI |
10.29014/ns.2018.08 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Neurologijos seminarai.. Vilnius : Rotas. 2018, Nr. 1(75), p. 63-68.. ISSN 1392-3064. eISSN 2424-5917 |
| Keywords [eng] |
paraneoplastic syndrome ; myasthenic syndrome ; lung carcinoma |
| Abstract [eng] |
Myasthenia gravis associated with extrathymic malignancies is a rarely diagnosed pathology in clinical practice. We report a case of myasthenia gravis-like syndrome associated with small cell lung cancer. A male patient has been diagnosed with 3 different paraneoplastic neurological syndromes: sensorimotor polyneuropathy, limbic encephalitis and myasthenia gravis-like syndrome which was confirmed by positive repetitive nerve stimulation test. The causal association between small cell lung cancer and myasthenia gravis as a paraneoplastic neurological syndrome (PNS) has not been officially confirmed yet. However, there is increasing evidence in the literature, that myasthenia gravis could be one of the PNS phenotypes of non-thymomatous malignancies. |
| Published |
Vilnius : Rotas |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
Lithuanian |
| Publication date |
2018 |
| CC license |
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