Mr. Harvey's Seizure
 
Symptoms & History

Physical Findings

Stop & Think

Lab and X-Ray

Differential Diagnosis

The Disease

Treatment

Conclusions

Quiz & Evaluation


Paraneoplastic syndromes continued.

Polycythemia

  • Erythropoietin production; renal cell carcinoma, cerebellar hemangiomas, hepatocellular carcinoma.
Nerve and Muscle
  • Myasthenia syndrome and multiple sclerosis-like syndromes; bronchiogenic carcinoma, most likely immunologic in nature.
Vascular and Hematologic
  • Thromboembolic; adenocarcinomas primarily. 
Dermatologic
  • Acanthosis nigricans and dermatomyositis; lung, gastric, uterine and breast cancers. Probably immunologic in nature.
Enough already, what's going on with our man .                Back
 

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