Samenvatting
In two patients, women aged 73 and 46 years, gastrointestinal symptoms were initially not recognised as a paraneoplastic syndrome due to small-cell lung cancer. This led to redundant diagnostics as well as a delay in final diagnosis. The anti-Hu syndrome is characterised by the presence of anti-Hu antibodies and neurological symptoms. About a quarter of the patients with the anti-Hu syndrome will develop gastrointestinal motility disorders in the course of their illness. The primary tumour is usually a small-cell lung cancer. Whereas the presence of anti-Hu antibodies appears to be beneficial for the oncological prognosis, the neurological outcome is less favourable.
Vertaalde titel van de bijdrage | Abdominal complaints and neurological symptoms as an early sign of lung cancer: a manifestation of the anti-Hu syndrome |
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Originele taal-2 | Dutch |
Pagina's (van-tot) | 616-619 |
Aantal pagina's | 4 |
Tijdschrift | Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde |
Volume | 147 |
Nummer van het tijdschrift | 13 |
Status | Published - 1-apr.-2003 |
Keywords
- Aged
- Autoantibodies/analysis
- Carcinoma, Small Cell/diagnosis
- Diagnosis, Differential
- ELAV Proteins
- Female
- Gastrointestinal Diseases/diagnosis
- Gastrointestinal Motility
- Humans
- Lung Neoplasms/diagnosis
- Middle Aged
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/immunology
- Nervous System Diseases/diagnosis
- Paraneoplastic Syndromes/diagnosis
- Prognosis
- RNA-Binding Proteins/immunology