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18409571

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-4-15
pubmed:abstractText
A 54-year old man was admitted with general fatigue, muscle weakness and dyspnea on effort. Medical examinations led to a diagnosis of small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC) with Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS). Marked improvement of SCLC and symptoms of LEMS were recognized twice during chemoradiotherapy. On his third admission, he showed muscle weakness, dysaethesia, and neurodysfunction of the bladder and rectum. We initially considered these symptoms to be due to spinal metastasis because MRI findings showed multiple spinal metastases. However, electoromyogram and nerve conduction study demonstrated that his muscle weakness resulted from LEMS though dysethesia and neurodysfunction of bladder and rectum were caused by spinal metastasis. We believe that it is important to perform electomyogram and nerve conduction studies, not only radiographic findings, to detect the "hidden" symptoms of LEMS.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1343-3490
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
46
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
226-31
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
[A case of small cell lung carcinoma complicated by Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome].
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Gunma University School of Medicine.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports