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. 1976 Jan;39(1):93–95. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.39.1.93

Localized sympathetic overactivity: an uncommon complication of lung cancer

J C Walsh 1, P A Low 1, J L Allsop 1
PMCID: PMC492221  PMID: 1255218

Abstract

Direct nerve infiltration by tumour tissue usually produces pain, and loss of motor, sensory, and autonomic function. Two patients are reported in whom a major symptom of nerve infiltration was sympathetic overactivity manifested by excessive spontaneous sweating.

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