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Remission by chemotherapy of the Eaton-Lambert myasthenic syndrome in a patient with small cell bronchogenic carcinoma.

Abstract
A 70-year-old man developed symptoms compatible with the Eaton-Lambert syndrome, and a small cell bronchogenic carcinoma was diagnosed. During treatment with cytostatics his muscular strength was restored and the lung tumour as well as the electrophysiologic findings characteristic of the Eaton-Lambert syndrome disappeared. To our knowledge, it has not been reported before that chemotherapy alone of a small cell bronchogenic carcinoma has resulted in clinical, roentgenologic, and electrophysiologic remission of the Eaton-Lambert syndrome.
AuthorsS Berglund, M Eriksson, F E von Eyben, C Hellekant, W Mattsson
JournalActa medica Scandinavica (Acta Med Scand) Vol. 212 Issue 6 Pg. 429-32 ( 1982) ISSN: 0001-6101 [Print] Sweden
PMID6297263 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Antineoplastic Agents
Topics
  • Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar (diagnosis, drug therapy)
  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Agents (therapeutic use)
  • Carcinoma, Small Cell (diagnosis, drug therapy)
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms (diagnosis, drug therapy)
  • Male
  • Myasthenia Gravis (diagnosis, drug therapy)
  • Syndrome

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