Open AccessParaneoplastic leukemoid reaction in a patient with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung
Author(s) -
El Mouhayyar Christopher,
Chehab Omar,
Khalil Emilia,
Al Hallak Mohammed Najeeb,
Kanj Amjad,
Bishop Carter
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.2536
Subject(s) - leukemoid reaction , medicine , adenocarcinoma , lung , pathology , adenocarcinoma of the lung , lung cancer , cancer
Paraneoplastic syndromes in lung malignancies can lead to leukemoid reaction with an elevation of eosinophils, neutrophils, and monocytes. The elevation of these three lineages together due to paraneoplastic syndromes has not been described in literature yet.