title: Management of painful paraneoplastic syndromes.
abstract: The majority of patients with advanced malignant disease experience pain, so pain is commonly present in patients with paraneoplastic syndromes. It is rare, however, that the pain itself is a paraneoplastic manifestation of cancer. Usually, the pain in this context is associated with a paraneoplastic syndrome but is not a direct result of that syndrome. Three syndromes in which pain is part of the syndrome and a paraneoplastic manifestation of malignant disease--neuropathy, ganglionitis, and monolitis--have been described in the literature. These syndromes and their management are discussed in this article.
authors.affiliation: Harris Methodist Cancer Program, Klabzuba Cancer Center, Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Brady
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D059408:Pain Management; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*