Neurological and cardiac complications of carcinoma of the breast. Case report.
A case is presented of a young female with a paraneoplastic subacute cerebellar degeneration, parkinsonian syndrome, autonomic disturbance, profound depression, myopathy and cardiomyopathy. Her paraneoplastic affection preceded the actual detection of carcinoma of the breast by nine months. Block dissection of the carcinoma resulted in alleviation of her muscle weakness and a return of the electrocardiogram to normal.
D000328:Adult; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002285:Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis; D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010302:Parkinson Disease, Secondary / Q000175:diagnosis