title: [Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration (PCD) with anti-Yo antibodies in ovarian carcinoma].
abstract: We report the case of 71-year old Caucasian woman with ovarian cancer, who developed paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration (PCD). Pathognomonical anti Yo antibodies could be identified in serum specimens. We describe the history and clinical presentation and summarise the disease.
authors.affiliation: Schwerpunktspital Wädenswil.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Holzmann
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Holy
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stillhard
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Janda
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Möbr
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood*; D001324:Autoantigens; D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D018284:Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous / Q000276:immunology* / Q000628:therapy; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology; D009410:Nerve Degeneration / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology*; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology* / Q000628:therapy; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D001324:Autoantigens; C063762:CDR1 protein, human; C095184:CDR2 protein, human; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins
vernacular_title: Paraneoplastische zerebelläre Degeneration (PCD) mit Anti-Yo-Antikörpern bei Ovarialkarzinom.