When Pupils Point to a Hidden Tumor

A female smoker presents with unresponsive pupils, weight loss, and postural hypotension. A lung nodule is found. Explore this Paraneoplastic syndrome.

Anti-Hu antibody


The pupils of this female smoker were unresponsive to light and accommodation. She had noted weight loss and postural hypotension and was found to have an irregular centimeter-sized nodule in the right middle lobe. A test for which one of the following would most likely lead to the diagnosis?

What is the most likely diagnosis?

Calcium-receptor antibody
Parathyroid hormone related protein
Serum ceruloplasmin
Treponema pallidum haemagglutination assay
Anti-Hu antibody

Anti-Hu antibody, Encephalomyelitis, Neurology, Paraneoplastic syndrome, Small Cell Lung Cancer

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