title: Chronic myeloid leukemia with an unusual paraneoplastic syndrome.
abstract: We report a 34 year old man who developed bilateral ptosis and predominantly respiratory, truncal and bulbar weakness, and a high titer of anti acetylcholine receptor antibodies along with a diagnosis of Philadelphia chromosome positive Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML). The temporal relationship suggests a possible association.
authors: Apollo Cancer Institute, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi.
authors: Namita
authors: N
authors: Sharma
authors: Harsh
authors: H
authors: Dua
authors: Deepak
authors: D
authors: Rosha
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000209:etiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction