title: Endometrial carcinoma first presenting as paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Paraneoplastic degeneration (PCD) is an immune-mediated disorder affecting the cerebellum, characterized by subacute onset of cerebellar dysfunction progressing to severe disability, and is associated with an underlying malignancy. Ovarian carcinoma and breast carcinoma are commonly implicated.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a rare case PCD in an elderly woman, later diagnosed with endometrial carcinoma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  PCD is an unusual and rare manifestation of gynecological malignancies, including endometrial carcinoma, and a high degree of suspicion is required in these cases in order to make the correct diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hadassah Medical Center, Ein-Kerem, Jerusalem, IL POB 12000, Israel. erezyair@gmail.com
authors.forename: Yair
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Erez
authors.forename: Nathan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rojansky
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shveiky
authors.forename: Assaf
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ben-Meir
authors.forename: Avi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benshushan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020362:Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology