"Encephalomyeloneuritis" in the absence of cancer.
An elderly man presented with signs and symptoms indicating a rapidly progressive central and peripheral nervous system disease, which led to death within 3 months. The pathologic picture was that of a "paraneoplastic" encephalomyelitis and neuritis, but no cancer could be found. Supratentorial predilection for the limbic structures correlated well with an observed limbic dementia. Arguments favoring a direct toxic or metabolic effect of cancer as a cause for this syndrome was less convincing in view of this report.
D000368:Aged; D001917:Brachial Plexus / Q000473:pathology; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000473:pathology; D001996:Bronchopneumonia / Q000150:complications; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004679:Encephalomyelitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008032:Limbic System / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D009413:Nerve Fibers, Myelinated / Q000473:pathology; D009443:Neuritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D013497:Sural Nerve / Q000473:pathology