Intestinal pseudo-obstruction, type 1 anti-neuronal nuclear antibodies and small-cell carcinoma of the lung.
Intestinal pseudo-obstruction is a rare paraneoplastic manifestation of small-cell carcinoma of the lung. This report documents a further case associated with neuronal degeneration of enteric neural plexuses and a high serum titre of immunoglobulin G (IgG) type 1 anti-neuronal nuclear antibodies (ANNA-1).
Chu
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Department of Gastroenterology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, Australia.
Wilson
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Carter
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Lennon
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Roberts-Thomson
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D000368:Aged; D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear / Q000097:blood; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007418:Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D009197:Myenteric Plexus / Q000473:pathology; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013368:Submucous Plexus / Q000473:pathology
D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear