Open Access"Person in the barrel" syndrome: Unusual heralding presentation of squamous cell carcinoma of the lung
Author(s) -
Rajesh Verma,
Rakesh Lalla,
Tushar Patil,
Suresh Babu
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
annals of indian academy of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1998-3549
pISSN - 0972-2327
DOI - 10.4103/0972-2327.167693
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , presentation (obstetrics) , squamous cell carcinoma of the lung , lung , basal cell , pathology , carcinoma , small cell carcinoma , dermatology , radiology
Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (PNS) are rare and relatively unusual in day to day clinical practice. Occasionally, PNS may be the heralding manifestation of the malignancy. Paraneoplastic syndromes are most commonly associated with small cell lung carcinoma and are rarely seen with non small cell lung carcinoma. In this case, we report a non-smoker, middle aged lady, who presented with "person in the barrel" syndrome due to myelo radiculoplexopathy as the first clinical manifestation of squamous cell carcinoma of the lung.