The most common paraneoplastic syndrome associated with lung cancer?
*Most common paraneoplastic syndrome: Hypercalcemia *Most common endocrinopathy in paraneoplastic syndrome: Cushing syndrome*Most common carcinoma associated with Cushing syndrome: Lung carcinoma*The cancer patients develop Cushing syndrome due to excess production of pro-opiomelanocoin and coicotrophin.*Most common paraneoplastic syndrome in squamous cell lung carcinoma: Hypercalcemia*Most common paraneoplastic syndrome in small cell lung carcinoma: SIADH*Since among all lung cancers, squamous cell carcinoma is common than small cell carcinoma, Most common paraneoplastic syndrome in lung cancer is HypercalcemiaRef: Robbins 8/e p321
SIADH
Cushings syndrome
Hypercalcemia
Polycythemia
Respiratory system