Paraneoplastic syndrome in bronchal cancer

ABSTRACT

Study was carried out in 162 bronchial cancer patients (83 males, 75 females) in National Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases from November 1991 to October 1994. Paraneoplastic syndrome account for 51.8% including the symptoms of bone-articular and connective tissues, 43.6% hematology 22.8%, skin 6.8%, endocrino-metabolism 3.1% and kidney 0.6%. Paraneoplastic syndromes of bone-articular connective tissue, include pain manifestations of bones and joints, finger clubbed, symptoms of hematology anemia, neutrophilia, eosiniphilia and polyplastocytosis; symptoms of skin hypertrichosis, keratodermia, chloasma cutaneous dystrophy in two feet, vascularmotrice disturbance of inferior limbs; symptoms endocrino-metabolism hyperuricemia, inaddition, there are some manifestations on kidney and chronical glomerulo-nephritis