SERONEGATIVITY FOR TYPE-1 ANTINEURONAL NUCLEAR ANTIBODIES (ANTI-HU) IN SUBACUTE SENSORY NEURONOPATHY PATIENTS WITHOUT CANCER

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CHALK, CH
LENNON, VA
STEVENS, JC
WINDEBANK, AJ
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[1] MAYO CLIN & MAYO FDN, DEPT NEUROL, 1501 GUGGENHEIM BLDG, 200 1ST ST SW, ROCHESTER, MN 55905 USA
[2] MAYO CLIN, SCOTTSDALE, AZ USA
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10.1212/WNL.43.11.2209
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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We followed 21 patients with sensory neuronopathy without evidence of cancer for up to 23 years. All were seronegative for type 1 antineuronal nuclear antibodies (ANNA-1, also called ''anti-Hu''). We additionally studied 67 seropositive patients with sensory neuronopathy or a related neurologic syndrome. Ninety-one percent of the seropositive patients had a small-cell lung carcinoma. One, with a normal chest x-ray, had been followed for 7 years for sensory neuronopathy of indeterminate cause before serologic testing for ANNA-1 led to the discovery of the tumor by CT. We conclude that ANNA-1 seropositivity in a patient with sensory neuronopathy is strong evidence for an underlying small-cell lung cancer.
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