title: Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy following malignant melanoma.
abstract: Polyneuropathy has rarely been encountered in association with melanoma. Although this association may be a biologically plausible phenomenon considering the common embryonic origin of the melanocytes and Schwann cells with proven antibody cross reactivity, only few such cases have been reported so far. We report 2 new cases of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy in association with malignant melanoma, which we believe will add more evidence of this association. We also include a short review of the literature for similar cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Aly_2024@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Mohamad B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Dbouk
authors.forename: Shahriar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nafissi
authors.forename: Askar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghorbani
mesh_terms: D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009382:Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / Q000150:complications*; D020277:Polyradiculoneuropathy, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating / Q000209:etiology*