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Paraneoplastic Sweet’s syndrome [PDF]
Sweet's syndrome is a rare dermatosis with little-known pathogenesis, associated with some clinical conditions such as infections, autoimmune diseases, inflammatory bowel diseases, vaccination, medications and neoplasms. Hematologic malignancies are the diseases most related to paraneoplastic Sweet's syndrome, but this clinical entity can also be found
Daniela Gomes Cunha +3 more
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Innate and adaptive immunity in human epilepsies [PDF]
Inflammatory mechanisms have been increasingly implicated in the origin of seizures and epilepsy. These mechanisms are involved in the genesis of encephalitides in which seizures are a common complaint.
Bauer, J. +7 more
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Stiff Person Syndrome and Acetylcholine Receptor Ganglionic Neuronal Antibodies
The association between stiff person syndrome and paraneoplastic syndromes has been described, linking intracellular or extracellular antibodies. We describe the case of a 64-year-old woman with stiff person syndrome and positivity for acetylcholine ...
Jacobo Lester +2 more
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An unusual presentation of a case of human psittacosis [PDF]
Background: Chlamydia psittaci is a gram-negative, obligate intracellular organism. Birds are the main reservoir, but also non-avian domestic animals and humans can be infected.
Boelens, Jerina +7 more
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Small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC) is a neuroendocrine carcinoma with a poor prognosis and is a common cause of paraneoplastic syndromes. Paraneoplastic syndromes are characterized by neurological and endocrinological problems in patients with malignancy ...
Yasuharu Oda +9 more
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Paraneoplastic leukemoid reaction in a patient with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung
Paraneoplastic syndromes in lung malignancies can lead to leukemoid reaction with an elevation of eosinophils, neutrophils, and monocytes. The elevation of these three lineages together due to paraneoplastic syndromes has not been described in literature
Christopher El Mouhayyar +5 more
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Paraneoplastic syndromes associated with tumors of the digestive system
Introduction: paraneoplastic syndromes are sets of signs and symptoms affecting cancer patients, which do not depend directly on the tumor. Objective: to describe paraneoplastic syndromes associated with digestive system tumors.
Roxana Vitón-Moreno +1 more
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Mucocutaneous Paraneoplastic Syndrome Secondary to Classical Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Paraneoplastic syndromes may be the only presenting manifestation of an otherwise occult malignancy. This case report highlights a patient presenting to the emergency department with an atypical, multi-system disease, ultimately leading to a diagnosis of
Jenna Jurkovic, Michael Cirone
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Paraneoplastic necrotizing myopathy in a woman with breast cancer: a case report [PDF]
Introduction Paraneoplastic necrotizing myopathy is a rare disorder, described as a proximal, symmetrical, and rapidly progressing myopathy that is manifested as a paraneoplastic syndrome.
Silvestre Joana +10 more
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Paraneoplastic endocrine syndromes [PDF]
The majority of neoplasms are responsible for symptoms caused by mass effects to surrounding tissues and/or through the development of metastases. However, occasionally neoplasms, with or without endocrine differentiation, acquire the ability to secrete a variety of bioactive substances or induce immune cross-reactivity with the normal tissues that can
Dimitriadis, G.K. +5 more
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