carcinomatous neuromyopathy

neuromyopathy

 [noor″o-mi-op´ah-the]

any disease of both muscles and nerves, especially a muscular disease of nervous origin.

carcinomatous neuromyopathy a paraneoplastic syndrome of neuromyopathy in patients with carcinoma, usually of the lung.

car·ci·nom·a·tous neu·ro·my·op·a·thy

proximal or generalized weakness and impaired deep tendon reflexes in patients with carcinoma; this is the most common of the paraneoplastic syndromes, i.e., remote effect of malignancy, resulting from an immune disorder.