title: Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration with fallopian tube adenocarcinoma.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration (PCD) is rarely caused by fallopian tube adenocarcinoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present a patient with PCD and fallopian tube cancer. Anti-Yo antibody, one of an anti-neuronal antibody, was positive in serum and cerebrospinal fluid. She was also positive for HLA A24, which is common in patients with PCD. Radical surgery did not significantly ameliorate her neurological impairment, although the dysarthria improved slightly.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case highlights the importance of detecting the underlying malignancy in patients with subacute neurological impairment and shows that fallopian tube cancer can potentially cause PCD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yamato Municipal Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Yudai
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Nao
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takao
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ichikawa
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Susumu
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aoki
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology / Q000601:surgery; D005185:Fallopian Tube Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D015234:HLA-A Antigens / Q000097:blood; D059871:HLA-A24 Antigen; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D020362:Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D015234:HLA-A Antigens; D059871:HLA-A24 Antigen