Neuromuscular complications.
Although direct neoplastic involvement of muscle tis-sue is surprisingly rare, considering the large amount of body mass that is represented by muscle tissue, the most important and unresolved muscle effect is muscle cachexia.Other associations, such as inflammatory, paraneo-plastic, toxic, and several extremely rare associations,have been described. Drug-induced toxicity and radiation recall syndrome need to be taken into consideration when muscle symptoms appear in patients with cancer.
Kaiser Franz Josef Hospital, Vienna, Austria. wolfgang.grisold@wienkav.at
Wolfgang
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Grisold
Andrea
A
Vass
D020516:Brachial Plexus Neuropathies / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D016472:Motor Neuron Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D009468:Neuromuscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy