Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration associated with Hodgkin's disease.
A case of paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration (PCD) associated with Hodgkin's disease is presented. The features that make this case particularly interesting are the simultaneous occurrence of PCD with a relapse of Hodgkin's disease, which has been present for 17 years, and the arrested progression of cerebellar dysfunction after a subacute onset. Cerebellar atrophy was revealed by computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. In contrast to two previously reported cases, anti-Purkinje-cell antibodies were not detected.
Neurologische Universitätsklinik, Tübingen, Federal Republic of Germany.
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D000328:Adult; D001284:Atrophy; D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009410:Nerve Degeneration; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed