Peripheral neuropathy in association with an ovarian dysgerminoma.
BACKGROUND
Peripheral neuropathy among women with ovarian dysgerminoma has not been so far reported in the literature.


METHODS
We report a case of an 18-year-old woman with an association of an abdominal relapse of an ovarian dysgerminoma and a polyradiculoneuritis. The normality of neurologic investigations and the disappearance of all sensitive and muscular alterations after tumor ablation and one cycle of chemotherapy are in favor of a paraneoplastic syndrome. After 5 years this young woman is still in complete remission without any neurologic symptoms.


CONCLUSIONS
We describe the first case of a polyradiculoneuritis associated with an ovarian dysgerminoma. The evolution of the paraneoplastic syndrome was favorable after treatment of the tumor.
Ivanaj
Arben
A
Department of Medical Oncology, Institut Gustave-Roussy, 39 rue Camille-Desmoulins, 94805 Villejuif, France.
Pautier
Patricia
P
Rixe
Olivier
O
Duvillard
P
P
Dubard
Thierry
T
D000293:Adolescent; D004407:Dysgerminoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D020364:Paraneoplastic Polyneuropathy / Q000150:complications*; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology