Moyano MS, Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez G, Gómez-Raposo C, Gómez ML, Ojeda J, Miralles A, Casado-Sáenz E. Paraneoplastic encephalomyelitis: Is it an oropharyngeal or a lung cancer complication?
Oncol Lett 2011;
2:171-174. [PMID:
22870148 DOI:
10.3892/ol.2010.224]
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Abstract
This case report describes a patient with a locally advanced oropharyngeal cancer with a simultaneous paraneoplastic encephalomyelitis. To the best of our knowledge, a paraneoplastic neurological syndrome is a rare complication in head and neck cancer, and has previously not been reported in the literature. One year later, following initial treatment, a small cell lung cancer developed, a tumor frequently associated with this type of paraneoplastic syndrome. The dilemma, therefore, is whether this paraneoplastic symdrome was a secondary complication of the tonsilar concurrent cancer or a metachronous paraneoplastic syndrome prior to small cell lung cancer.
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