title: Unilateral segmental hyperhidrosis associated with pulmonary adenocarcinoma.
abstract: This is the report of a 38-year-old man with unilateral dermatomal hyperhidrosis documented by a starch-iodine technique; a subsequent diagnosis was made of a generalized pulmonary adenocarcinoma. The association of unilateral hyperhidrosis and a malignant tumor is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pneumology, AZ Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Slabbynck
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bedert
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: De Deyn
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Galdermans
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Coolen
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006945:Hyperhidrosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed