Published in:
01-02-2013 | Case Report
A shoulder-hand syndrome revealing a lung cancer
Authors:
N. Akasbi, M. Elidrissi, L. Tahiri, M. Shimi, N. Kadi, F. Z. Elouazzani, A. Elmrini, T. Harzy
Published in:
Rheumatology International
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Issue 2/2013
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Abstract
Shoulder-hand syndrome is a reflex sympathetic dystrophy which is usually associated with minor trauma, fracture or surgical procedures on bones, or follows peripheral nerve injury. In the present report, we describe a patient who developed sympathetic dystrophy which revealed a lung cancer. Reflex sympathetic dystrophy, therefore, should be considered an occasional manifestation of a paraneoplastic syndrome warranting a thorough search for underlying malignancy.