Paraneoplastic Syndromes and their Associated Malignancies

Acanthosis ngricans gastric carcinoma
lung cancer
Anemia (red cell aplasia) thymoma, thymic carcinoma
Cushing's Syndrome small cell carcinoma, lung
carcinoid
thymoma
pheochromocytoma
neuroblastoma
medullary carcinoma, thyroid
pancreatic carcinoma, ?islet
hepatocellular carcinoma
ovarian carcinoma, ?teratoma
Dermatomyositis/Myasthenia gravis lung ca.
Diabetes/glucose intolerance fibrosarcoma of the lung (?)
mesothelioma
insulinoma
bronchogenic carcinoma
hepatocellular carcinoma
adrenal cortical carcinoma
Hypercalcemia oat cell or squamous cell carcinoma, lung (PTH-like)
renal cell carcinoma (PTH-like)
HTLV-1
small cell carcinoma, ovary
breast cancer
Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy bronchogenic carcinoma, lung
squamous cell carcinoma, lung
Hypokalemia with acidosis small cell carcinoma, lung (?­ aldosterone)
Hypoglycemia fibrosarcoma
insulinoma
Nephrotic syndrome lung cancer
gastric carcinoma
colon carcinoma
Polycythemia renal cell carcinoma (erythropoietin)
hemangioblastoma (erythropoietin)
hepatocellular carcinoma
SIADH (Hyponatremia) small cell carcinoma, lung
any intracranial tumor (mass effect)
pulmonary TB, aspergillosis
prostate, GI, pancreas, thymoma, NHL, hepatocellular carcinoma,
Thyrotoxicosis GI cancer
hematopoietic neoplasms
trophoblastic tumors, placenta
choriocarcinoma, testis
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ganglioneuroma
pheochromocytoma
medullary thyroid carcinoma
bronchogenic carcinoma