title: A case of paraneoplastic cerebellar ataxia secondary to renal cell carcinoma.
abstract: A 64-year-old female patient presented with acute cerebellar ataxia. After ruling out vascular, infectious, metastatic, demyelinating, and medication etiologies, a paraneoplastic origin for her illness was determined. A renal mass was discovered and found to be renal cell carcinoma. Her symptoms resolved after a radical nephrectomy. Physicians should consider the diagnosis of paraneoplastic neurologic syndromes whenever a thorough evaluation fails to explain neurologic abnormalities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Heartland Regional Medical Center, St. Joseph, MO 64506, USA. h_ammar68@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Hussam
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ammar
authors.forename: Susan H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Ashok
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Malani
authors.forename: Hemant K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Sheth
authors.forename: Eric G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Sollars
authors.forename: Sherry X
authors.initials: SX
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Chakshu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Snjay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mughal
mesh_terms: D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000276:immunology; D002524:Cerebellar Ataxia / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000276:immunology; D008875:Middle Aged; D020362:Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed