LUNG CANCER, STEROID ABNORMALITY AND POTASSIUM-RESPONSIVE ALKALOSIS

Centrosome Abnormality and Human Lung Cancer

Postoperative potassium deficit and metabolic alkalosis.

Hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis, and hypertension in a lung cancer patient.

CASE PRESENTATION A 69-year-old man was admitted to hospital for the evaluation of refractory hypokalemia and metabolic alkalosis. The patient had a 1-year history of a stage pT4N0M1 non-small cell squamous lung carcinoma (NSCLC) that was managed by Pemetrexed (Alimta 500 mg/m every 21 days) for the last 6 months. The patient had a 45-pack/y history of smoking without history of alcohol abuse, ...

Steroid-responsive inclusion body myositis associated with endometrial cancer.

Inclusion body myositis (IBM) is an uncommon chronic inflammatory myopathy. Although the association between other myopathies and cancer has been well established, the relationship between IBM and neoplasia is not completely understood. Unlike polymyositis (PM) or dermatomyositis (DM), IBM rarely responds to immunosuppressive treatment and the response is seldom long-lasting. We describe a case...

The induction of metabolic alkalosis by correction of potassium deficiency.