Acute onset paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration in a patient with small cell lung cancer.
A patient with small cell lung cancer presented with a rare presentation of an acute onset pancerebellar dysfunction. His clinical condition markedly improved following the surgical removal of the tumor and chemo- and radiotherapy.
Bhatia
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Deparment of Neurology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Sector-12, Chandigarh 160-012, India. rohitbhatia71@yahoo.com
Prabhakar
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Lal
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Khurana
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Das
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D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020362:Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration / Q000209:etiology*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D013908:Thoracotomy