A MYASTHENIC SYNDROME ASSOCIATED WITH BRONCHIAL CARCINOMA

Abstract

in some respects, those found in myasthenia gravis (Henson, 1953; Henson, Russell, and Wilkinson, 1954; Heathfield and Williams, 1954; MacKenzie and Hall, 1954; Shafar, 1954; Borrelli and Keen, 1954). It has also been found that some patients with bronchial carcinoma have abnormal responses to muscle relaxant drugs (Gray and Halton, 1948; Anderson, Churchill-Davidson, and Richardson, 1953; Croft, 1958). The term 'myasthenic syndrome' was introduced by Eaton and Lambert (1957) and Rooke, Lambert, and Eaton (1960) in order to distinguish this group of patients with carcinoma of the bronchus from those with classical myasthenia gravis.