Abstract:SummaryGranulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) sensitise nerves to mechanical stimuli experimentally and may induce bone and muscle pain when used as supportive drugs. G-CSF and GM-CSF produced endogenously by tumour cells can cause paraneoplastic leucocytosis. Whether paraneoplastic leucocytosis is associated with changes in pain sensitivity is not yet clear. We report on a patient with advanced-stage thyroid cancer who developed extreme leuc… Show more
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