Syndrome
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Characteristics
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Chronic sensorimotor neuropathy |
Mild to moderate distal symmetric sensorimotor defects with symmetric pain that begins in the feet and gradually ascends |
Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy
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Clubbing of fingers, periostitis of long bones, and occasionally a rheumatoid-like polyarthritis |
Pain, tenderness, and swelling in the knees, wrists, and ankles |
Paraneoplastic gynecomastia |
Breast enlargement, usually presenting with pain |
Paraneoplastic pemphigus
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Widespread mucocutaneous lesions involving the lips, conjunctiva, and genitalia |
When severe, desquamation can occur and death may occur from fluid loss, infection, or an associated bronchiolitis obliterans |
Paraneoplastic Raynaud's phenomenon |
Intense vasospasm of digital arterioles leading to pallor, followed by cyanosis and subsequent hyperemia of the fingertips |
Subacute sensory neuronopathy |
"Pins and needles" or electric-shock sensations initially affecting an extremity and progresses to involve other extremities, the face, abdomen, and trunk |