A shoulder-hand syndrome revealing a lung cancer.
Shoulder-hand syndrome is a reflex sympathetic dystrophy which is usually associated with minor trauma, fracture or surgical procedures on bones, or follows peripheral nerve injury. In the present report, we describe a patient who developed sympathetic dystrophy which revealed a lung cancer. Reflex sympathetic dystrophy, therefore, should be considered an occasional manifestation of a paraneoplastic syndrome warranting a thorough search for underlying malignancy.
Akasbi
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Rheumatology Department, CHU Hassan II, Fez, Morocco. nessrine_rhumato@hotmail.fr
Elidrissi
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M
Tahiri
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L
Shimi
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M
Kadi
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N
Elouazzani
F Z
FZ
Elmrini
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A
Harzy
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T
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D012019:Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy / Q000209:etiology*