Localized sympathetic overactivity: an uncommon complication of lung cancer.
Direct nerve infiltration by tumour tissue usually produces pain, and loss of motor, sensory, and autonomic function. Two patients are reported in whom a major symptom of nerve infiltration was sympathetic overactivity manifested by excessive spontaneous sweating.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D006945:Hyperhidrosis / Q000209:etiology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D009461:Neurologic Manifestations; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System