Paraneoplastic syndrome causes
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Paraneoplastic syndrome Microchapters |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Gertrude Djouka, M.D.[2]
Common Causes
The major causes of paraneoplastic syndrome include:
- Small cell lung cancer
- Non-small cell lung cancer
- Myeloma
- Breast cancer
- Medullary thyroid cancer
- Bronchial carcinoid
- Pancoast's tumour
- Pancreatic cancer
Causes by Organ System
| Dermatologic | Dermatomyositis, Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma |
| Drug Side Effect | No underlying causes |
| Ear Nose Throat | Oropharyngeal cancer |
| Endocrine | Medullary thyroid cancer, Adrenal cancer |
| Environmental | No underlying causes |
| Gastroenterologic | Pancreatic cancer, Other GI cancers |
| Genetic | No underlying causes |
| Hematologic | Myeloproliferative disorders, Myeloma, Melanoma, Lymphoma, HTLV-associated Lymphoma, Hodgkin's lymphoma, Chronic lymphocytic leukemia, Cancers of the T-cells , Adult T-cell leukemia, Acute myeloid leukemia, |
| Iatrogenic | No underlying causes |
| Infectious Disease | No underlying causes |
| Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic | Teratoma, Sarcomas, Ewing sarcoma |
| Neurologic | Brain Cancer |
| Nutritional/Metabolic | No underlying causes |
| Obstetric/Gynecologic | ovarian cancer, Endometrial cancer |
| Oncologic | Breast cancer |
| Ophthalmologic | No underlying causes |
| Overdose/Toxicity | No underlying causes |
| Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
| Pulmonary | Small cell lung cancer, Pancoast's tumour, Oat cell carcinoma, Non-small cell lung cancer, Malignant Mesothelioma, Bronchial carcinoid |
| Renal/Electrolyte | Kidney cancer |
| Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy | No underlying causes |
| Sexual | No underlying causes |
| Trauma | No underlying causes |
| Urologic | Ureteral cancer, Prostate cancer, Bladder cancer |
| Miscellaneous | Thymoma, Testicular germ-cell tumors |
Causes in Alphabetical Order
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