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Cranial Neuropathy in Systemic Malignancy in a VA Population Neurol 40:997-999, Gupta,S.R.,et al, 1990 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract We studied 30 men with cranial neuropathy(CN)and systemic malignancy to determine the etiology and prognosis of CN.The most common malignancy was prostate(33%),followed by lung(27%).The etiology of CN was metastatic in 25(83%)and nonmetastatic in 5(17%).Only 6 patients improved:3 metastatic and 3 nonmetastatic.Although prognosis for recovery was better in the nonmetastatic group,there was no significant difference in survival between the metastatic and the nonmetastatic groups.

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