title: [Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration as the presenting manifestation of breast carcinoma: a case report].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration may be a manifestation indicative of lung, gynecological or breast cancer. Nevertheless, breast cancer is rarely revealed by the occurrence of a paraneoplastic syndrome.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a 38-year-old patient who presented a paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration with anti-Yo antibodies as the presenting manifestation of a breast cancer.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The diagnosis of a paraneoplastic neurological syndrome (PNS) should lead to urgent and comprehensive screening for cancer oriented by the type of PNS and the nature of the anti-neuronal antibody.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chaabane
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Turki
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zouari
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Charfi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guermazi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mhiri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D020362:Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; C095184:CDR2 protein, human; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins