[Diffuse poliencephalitis and visceral neoplasm (author's transl)].
A case of diffuse polioencephalitis associated with non-differentiated bronchial carcinoma is reported. Clinically the patient presented mental distrubance and an extra-pyramidal syndrome. Anatomopathological investigation revealed inflammation of the cerebral hemispheres and the brain stem. Similar involvement of others regions of the central nervous system has been reported in the literature, probably indicating various locations of a single nosological entity. A viral origin is probable but not yet established.
D000368:Aged; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000150:complications*; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology
Polioencéphalite diffuse et néoplasme viscéral.