A new anti-neuronal antibody in a case of paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis associated with breast cancer.
Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes are rare remote effects of different types of cancer. Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis is a specific syndrome, most often associated with small cell lung carcinoma. This report describes the case of a pure limbic encephalitis in association with breast cancer. An anti-neuronal antibody was found in the serum and CSF of the patient which has not been reported so far.
Scheid
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Day Clinic of Cognitive Neurology, University of Leipzig, and Max-Planck-Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Leipzig, Germany. scheid@cns.mpg.de
Honnorat
J
J
Delmont
E
E
Urbach
H
H
Biniek
R
R
D000906:Antibodies / Q000276:immunology*; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology; D020363:Limbic Encephalitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D008408:Mastectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009474:Neurons / Q000276:immunology*
D000906:Antibodies; D007074:Immunoglobulin G