Paraneoplastic syndromes associated with lung cancer

Table 9 Criteria for the diagnosis of paraneoplastic glomerulopathy

No obvious alternative etiology other than malignancy

Existence of a time relationship between the diagnosis of glomerulopathy and malignancy

Clinical improvement after the complete surgical removal of the tumor or complete remission achieved by chemotherapy/radiotherapy

Deterioration of glomerulopathy associated with recurrence of the malignancy