Polyneuropathy: an unreported non-metastatic complication of primary hepatocellular carcinoma.
A patient with hepatic cirrhosis is described, who presented with a sensorimotor polyneuritis at the time of the development of a primary hepatocellular carcinoma. Typical clinical and electrodiagnostic features of a paraneoplastic peripheral neuropathy, not previously reported in hepatocellular carcinoma, were found on investigation.
D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy; D001706:Biopsy; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D011115:Polyneuropathies / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology