ANTI-HU ANTIBODY IN A PATIENT WITH LAMBERT-EATON MYASTHENIC SYNDROME AND EARLY DETECTION OF SMALL-CELL LUNG-CANCER

Authors
TOMIYASU K ITO H KANAZAWA N SAITO T KOWA H
Citation
K. Tomiyasu et al., ANTI-HU ANTIBODY IN A PATIENT WITH LAMBERT-EATON MYASTHENIC SYNDROME AND EARLY DETECTION OF SMALL-CELL LUNG-CANCER, Internal medicine, 34(11), 1995, pp. 1082-1085
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Internal medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
09182918
Volume
34
Issue
11
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1082 - 1085
Database
ISI
SICI code
0918-2918(1995)34:11<1082:AAIAPW>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
We report a patient with Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) and anti-Hu antibody, which was an important clue in detecting small cell lung cancer (SCLC) at the early stage, This patient had no symptoms of anti-Hu associated paraneoplastic neurological syndrome, In LEMS pati ents in whom conventional tests fail to detect malignancy, anti-Hu ant ibody should be evaluated to diagnose SCLC at the early stage.