title: Sub-acute sensory neuronopathy as a preceding sign of recurrence in colon carcinoma.
abstract: Subacute sensory neuronopathy is a paraneoplastic syndrome, which occurs mostly in lung, breast, ovarian malignancies and lymphoma. A 75-yr-old woman who was at the twentieth month of her postoperative follow-up owing to colon adenocarcinoma admitted with subacute sensory neuronopathy. Six months later from the first, neuropathic symptoms liver metastases developed. To the best of our literature review subacute sensory neuronopathy as a preceding sign of recurrence in colon adenocarcinoma has not previously been reported. We conclude that, in the case of subacute sensory neuronopathy without an obvious underlying etiological factor, an occult malignity should always be researched in clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Adnan Menderes University, Faculty of Medicine, Aydin, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nefati
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kiylioglu
authors.forename: Nezih
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Meydan
authors.forename: Sabri
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barutca
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akyol
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D020364:Paraneoplastic Polyneuropathy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*