PARANEOPLASTIC CEREBELLAR DEGENERATION AND LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS IN A PATIENT WITH ADENOCARCINOMA OF THE COLON

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作者
TSUKAMOTO, T
MOCHIZUKI, R
MOCHIZUKI, H
NOGUCHI, M
KAYAMA, H
HIWATASHI, M
YAMAMOTO, T
机构
[1] TOHOKU UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT NEUROL,SENDAI,MIYAGI 980,JAPAN
[2] FUKUSHIMA MED COLL,DEPT BIOCHEM,FUKUSHIMA 960,JAPAN
[3] TOHOKU UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT INTERNAL MED 3,SENDAI,MIYAGI 980,JAPAN
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10.1136/jnnp.56.6.713
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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The rare association of two neurological paraneoplastic syndromes, paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration and limbic encephalitis occurred in a 55 year old woman with a microscopic adenocarcinoma in a colonic polyp. Complete removal of the tumour by polypectomy brought about a favourable recovery from limbic encephalitis but the cerebellar ataxia remained. High titres of antineuronal nuclear antibody resembling anti-Hu were demonstrated in serum by immunohistochemistry using rat brain as a substrate. The antibody identified a protein band of 41 kDa on a Western immunoblot.
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