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Case Reports
. 2020 Jun 21:2020:7891325.
doi: 10.1155/2020/7891325. eCollection 2020.

A Rare Paraneoplastic Syndrome of Lung Cancer

R Azzeddine  1 , L Herrak  1 , A Rhanim  1 , A Jniene  1 , M Elftouh  1 , L Achachi  1
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A Rare Paraneoplastic Syndrome of Lung Cancer

R Azzeddine et al. Case Rep Pulmonol. .

Abstract

Achalasia is a neurodegenerative motor disease of the esophagus resulting mainly from a loss of function of the lower esophageal sphincter, the pathophysiology of which is still poorly understood. Its incidence is rare-it is 1.6 per 100,000-and its occurrence in the context of paraneoplastic syndrome has been rarely described in the literature. We report a rare case of paraneoplastic achalasia associated with lung cancer.

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Figure 1
The posteroanterior chest roentgenogram showed homogeneous right hilar opacity with peripheral nodular opacity with spiculated contours.
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Figure 2
The thoracic computed tomography (CT) showed a right hilar tumoral process extended to the posterior segment of the right upper lobe of irregular and spiculated contours, associated with a spiculated nodule of the right upper lobe.
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