For over 100 years, scientists have known that a rare and ugly relationship exists between certain cancers occurring outside the central nervous system and any related nervous system damage. In these ...

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 ...

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 ...

Living with Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome (LEMS), a rare autoimmune disorder affecting the nerves and muscles, often ...

Incidental detection has increased with ubiquitous CT/MRI, inflating early-stage ‘small renal mass’ diagnoses and complicating interpretation of a ~5% rise in <50-year incidence. Obesity, hypertension ...

A medical expert discusses how Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome is closely linked to small cell lung cancer, the challenges in differentiating it from other neuromuscular disorders like myasthenia ...