Monocytes are white blood cells that are common to the blood of all vertebrates and they help the immune system to function properly. There are a number of reasons for a high monocyte count, which can also be called monocytosis. Some of the reasons can include stress, viral fevers, inflammation and organ necrosis.
Review the available symptom checkers for these symptoms of Paraneoplastic syndromes: 1  Skin symptoms -- Symptom Checker. 2  Fever -- Symptom Checker. 3  Loss of appetite -- Symptom Checker. 4  Weight loss -- Symptom Checker. 5  Itchy skin -- Symptom Checker. 6  Flushed skin -- Symptom Checker. 7  Cushing's syndrome -- Symptom Checker.
Patients with cancer can have a paramalignant pleural effusion related to local effects of tumor such as atelectasis due to an endobronchial obstruction, postobstructive pneumonia with a parapneumonic effusion, systemic effects of tumor such as venous thromboembolism and hypoalbuminemia, and complications of therapy such as radiation and chemotherapy.