Paraneoplastic bilateral proptosis in a case of non-small cell lung cancer

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dc.contributor.authorDiacon A.H.
dc.contributor.authorSchuurmans M.M.
dc.contributor.authorColesky F.J.
dc.contributor.authorBolliger C.T.
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-15T16:16:01Z
dc.date.available2011-05-15T16:16:01Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.description.abstractWe report the case of a 51-year-old woman with a large cell bronchial carcinoma with neuroendocrine differentiation (T3N0M0, stage IIB) and bilateral exophthalmos. A CT of the orbitae was compatible with Graves ophthalmopathy, but neither abnormalities in thyroid function nor thyroid antibodies could be found. The proptosis normalized 10 days after tumor resection. We conclude that the most likely cause of the reversible proptosis in this patient is paraneoplastic, a condition not previously described in the English-language literature.
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dc.identifier.citationChest
dc.identifier.citation123
dc.identifier.citation2
dc.identifier.issn00123692
dc.identifier.other10.1378/chest.123.2.627
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/13592
dc.subjectthyroid antibody
dc.subjectadult
dc.subjectarticle
dc.subjectbronchus fistula
dc.subjectcancer patient
dc.subjectcancer surgery
dc.subjectcase report
dc.subjectclinical feature
dc.subjectcomputer assisted tomography
dc.subjectexophthalmos
dc.subjecteye disease
dc.subjectfemale
dc.subjectGraves disease
dc.subjecthistopathology
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjecthuman tissue
dc.subjectlung non small cell cancer
dc.subjectlung resection
dc.subjectneuroendocrine disease
dc.subjectparaneoplastic syndrome
dc.subjectpostoperative complication
dc.subjectpriority journal
dc.subjectseptic shock
dc.subjectStaphylococcus infection
dc.subjectthyroid function
dc.subjecttreatment outcome
dc.subjectCarcinoma, Large Cell
dc.subjectDiagnosis, Differential
dc.subjectExophthalmos
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectLung Neoplasms
dc.subjectMiddle Aged
dc.subjectNeoplasm Staging
dc.subjectParaneoplastic Syndromes
dc.subjectTomography, X-Ray Computed
dc.titleParaneoplastic bilateral proptosis in a case of non-small cell lung cancer
dc.typeArticle
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