Background: A 58-year-old woman presented with arthritis of the small joints of her hands and rapidly progressive joint contractures. She was wheelchair bound within 2 months of the onset of her ...

In this Healio Video Perspective from the Retina Society meeting, Carol Shields, MD, describes an interesting case she saw in her office. Shields said a middle-aged woman came in with dense, ...

January 21, 2010 — Positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT) revealed malignant tumors in 18% of patients who had undergone prior evaluations negative for cancer, a new study ...

Céline Dion recently was diagnosed with paraneoplastic syndrome. It is an uncommon disease that many do not know about. Today we learn about what is it like to live with paraneoplastic syndrome.

A rare case highlights Guillain-Barré syndrome as the first sign of Hodgkin’s lymphoma, emphasizing the need to consider malignancy in unexplained or refractory neuropathies.

Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) causes the body to attack nerves, resulting in muscle weakness in the arms and legs. It often occurs due to underlying conditions such as small cell lung ...

Bazex syndrome, also known as acrokeratosis paraneoplastica, is a rare paraneoplastic dermatosis that frequently heralds the presence of an underlying malignancy, most notably squamous cell carcinomas ...

Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH) is a common complication of small cell lung cancer (SCLC). It can cause many symptoms related to low sodium or other electrolyte ...