A Case of Extreme Gastroparesis due to an Occult Small Cell Cancer of the Lung

A patient with gastroparesis is presented. Ultimately the diagnosis of paraneoplastic gastroparesis due to an occult small cell cancer of the lung was made. The difficulties in the diagnostic process and the pathogenesis of this very rare manifestation are discussed.

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Autores principales: Burger, J. A. C. M., Liberov, B., Yurd, F., Loffeld, R. J. L. F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3867856/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24368948
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/182962
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author Burger, J. A. C. M.
Liberov, B.
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description A patient with gastroparesis is presented. Ultimately the diagnosis of paraneoplastic gastroparesis due to an occult small cell cancer of the lung was made. The difficulties in the diagnostic process and the pathogenesis of this very rare manifestation are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-38678562013-12-24 A Case of Extreme Gastroparesis due to an Occult Small Cell Cancer of the Lung Burger, J. A. C. M. Liberov, B. Yurd, F. Loffeld, R. J. L. F. Case Rep Gastrointest Med Case Report A patient with gastroparesis is presented. Ultimately the diagnosis of paraneoplastic gastroparesis due to an occult small cell cancer of the lung was made. The difficulties in the diagnostic process and the pathogenesis of this very rare manifestation are discussed. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-12-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3867856/ /pubmed/24368948 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/182962 Text en Copyright © 2013 J. A. C. M. Burger et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Burger, J. A. C. M.
Liberov, B.
Yurd, F.
Loffeld, R. J. L. F.
A Case of Extreme Gastroparesis due to an Occult Small Cell Cancer of the Lung
title A Case of Extreme Gastroparesis due to an Occult Small Cell Cancer of the Lung
title_full A Case of Extreme Gastroparesis due to an Occult Small Cell Cancer of the Lung
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title_short A Case of Extreme Gastroparesis due to an Occult Small Cell Cancer of the Lung
title_sort case of extreme gastroparesis due to an occult small cell cancer of the lung
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3867856/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24368948
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/182962
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