Catalog

Paraneoplastic neuromyopathy and neuropathy

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Link to WHO Definition

Paraneoplastic neuromyopathy and neuropathy – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/711941019

Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (PNS) can be defined as remote effects of cancer that are not caused by the tumour and its metastasis, or by infection, ischaemia or metabolic disruptions. Only the Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome is relatively frequent. The other most common PNS are subacute cerebellar ataxia, limbic encephalitis, opsoclonus-myoclonus, retinopathies (cancer-associated retinopathy and melanoma-associated retinopathy, Stiff-Person syndrome, chronic gastrointestinal pseudoobstruction, sensory neuronopathy, encephalomyelitis and dermatomyositis.