title: Stiff person syndrome: a case report.
abstract: The case report features a patient who had a diagnosis of a common type of breast cancer with an uncommon neurologic syndrome. She had extreme pain and progressive stiffness with cognitive and functional decline. This article includes the pathogenesis and treatment options for a rare, but treatable, autoimmune disorder of malignancy called stiff person syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas.
authors.forename: Patricia A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.affiliation: Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas.
authors.forename: Carolyn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kuberski
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D020361:Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Nervous System / Q000209:etiology*; D016750:Stiff-Person Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: auto-immune; malignancy; neurological; paraneoplastic syndrome; stiff person