Paraneoplastic syndrome

Paraneoplastic syndrome ((pair-a-nee-o-plas-tik) A group of symptoms that may develop when substances released by some cancer cells disrupt the normal function of surrounding cells and tissue)

Wikipedia Page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraneoplastic_syndrome

Symptoms

▶ Disseminated intravascular coagulation, endocarditis, glomerulonephritis, ichthyosis, Nausea and vomiting,  …

organic brain syndrome, pericarditis, peripheral neuropathy, Proximal muscle weakness, Fever of unknown origin, hypertrichosis, immunodeficiency, Oral ulceration, priapism, Pruritus, thrombocytopenia, weight loss, Erythema nodosum, Thrombophlebitis migrans, cachexia, Proximal myopathy, Myositis, Cerebellar ataxia

Class

medical condition, Epiphenomena, medical concept, cause, disease

Risk Factor for

shingles

Cause of

▶ priapism; thrombocytopenia; weight loss; Disseminated intravascular coagulation; pericarditis;  …

cachexia; hypertrichosis; ichthyosis; Erythema nodosum; thrombocytosis; eosinophilia; immunodeficiency; peripheral neuropathy; folate deficiency; thrombophilia; organic brain syndrome; Hypercalcaemia; endocarditis; Hyperphosphatemia; Cerebellar ataxia; Fever of unknown origin; restrictive cardiomyopathy; Marantic endocarditis; Myositis; Autonomic neuropathy, peripheral; Acute phase reaction; Hypocholesterolaemia; Proximal myopathy; Thrombophlebitis migrans; VDRL positive; Pruritus; Oral ulceration; Lactate dehydrogenase levels raised (plasma or serum); ESR raised; Alkaline phosphatase levels raised (plasma or serum); Proximal muscle weakness; Red cell production reduced; Nausea and vomiting; Macrocytosis (erythrocyte); glomerulonephritis

See also

▶ Acanthosis nigricans, Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome, Stiff person syndrome, Opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome, limbic encephalitis,  …

Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration, Leser-Trelat sign, Florid cutaneous papillomatosis, Paraneoplastic pemphigus

Related Websites

http://www.rockefeller.edu/labheads/darnellr, http://www.paraneoplastic.org, http://www.ii.bham.ac.uk/clinicalimmunology/Neuroimmunology

Diseases DB id

"2064"

Mesh ID

"D010257"

Freebase ID

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DBPedia URI

http://dbpedia.org/resource/Paraneoplastic_syndrome

Rare Terms

▶ "paraneoplastic phenomenon"; "paraneoplastic endocrine syndromes"; "neoplastic syndrome"; "paraneoplastic polyneuropathy"; "paraneoplastic syndromes, nervous system";  …

"paraneoplastic syndromes"; "paraneoplastic disease"; "paraneoplastic phenomena"

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