Comment about paraneoplastic syndrome in patients with lung cancer at Department of Respiratory in Bach Mai Hospital from 2003 to 2005
- Author:
Thanh Hoang Tran
;
Minh Nguyet Vu
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
paraneoplastic syndrome;
lung cancer
- MeSH:
Lung Neoplasms/ pathology;
Paraneoplastic Syndromes/ pathology
- From:Journal of Medical Research
2007;53(5):52-56
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Background: Paraneoplastic syndrome is a rare syndrome on lung cancer patients in Vietnam and in the world. Objective: To define the percentage of the common paraneoplastic syndromes on lung cancer patients and research the clinical and investigations of these syndromes. Subjects and method: A study included 570 patients diagnosed lung cancer based on histopathological and cytological evidences, treated in Department of Respiratory in Bach Mai Hospital from 2003 to 2005. This was a descriptive, retrospective study. Results and conclusions: 19.47% of the patients had common paraneoplastic syndromes. Pierre Marie's syndrome was the most common (65.8%), followed by Schwartz-Bartter's syndrome (25.2%). 64.8% of the patients were 50 to 69 years old, 88.3% were men, 83.8% were smokers. 66.6% of patients were the severe periods. 30.7% of patients were diagnosed histologically adenocarcinoma. 12.8% of patients had Pierre Marie's syndrome, 5.3% had Schwartz-Bartter's syndrome, 1.9% had hypercalcemia of malignancy and 1.9% had thromboembolism.
