Noun: Eaton-Lambert syndrome
- A disease seen in patients with lung cancer and characterized by weakness and fatigue of hip and thigh muscles and an aching back; caused by antibodies directed against the neuromuscular junctions
"The patient's Eaton-Lambert syndrome worsened as the cancer progressed";
- Lambert-Eaton syndrome, myasthenic syndrome, carcinomatous myopathy
Type of: disease of the neuromuscular junction
Encyclopedia: Eaton-Lambert syndrome