carcinomatous myelopathy

carcinomatous myelopathy
a rapidly progressive, paraneoplastic myelopathy, most often associated with carcinoma of the lung, but also seen with other carcinomas. It is characterized by a rapidly developing myelopathic syndrome due to necrosis of both the gray and white matter of the spinal cord. Called also paraneoplastic m. and paracarcinomatous m.

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