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Unilateral hyperhydrosis—an unusual presentation of bronchial carcinoma

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A 60 year old man who presented with increased sweating over the right side of his face and thorax was shown to have a bronchial adenocarcinoma with local involvement of the sympathetic trunk.

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  1. Department of Medicine, St. James’s Hospital, and Trinity College, Dublin

    M. WcEvoy, E. Ryan, G. Neale & J. Prichard

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  1. M. WcEvoy
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WcEvoy, M., Ryan, E., Neale, G. et al. Unilateral hyperhydrosis—an unusual presentation of bronchial carcinoma. Ir J Med Sci 151, 51–52 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02940144

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