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Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration Accompanied by Seropositivity for Anti-GAD65, Anti-SOX-1 and Anti-VGCC Antibodies Due to Small-cell Lung Cancer.

Authors :
Takahashi N
Igari R
Iseki C
Kawahara H
Suzuki D
Suzuki Y
Sato H
Koyama S
Kobayashi M
Ohta Y
Source :
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) [Intern Med] 2024 Mar 15; Vol. 63 (6), pp. 857-860. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Aug 16.
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration (PCD) is a paraneoplastic neurological syndrome that is rarely accompanied by seropositivity with a combination of multiple antibodies. We herein report a 50-year-old man with PCD accompanied by small-cell lung cancer (SCLC). This patient was seropositive for anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase 65, anti-SRY-related HMG-box gene 1 and anti-voltage-gated calcium channel antibodies. After chemoradiation therapy without immunotherapy, cerebellar ataxia of the trunk and limbs markedly improved, along with a notable amelioration of SCLC. This case suggests that tumor therapy should be started immediately and that a panel of anti-neuronal antibodies should be evaluated when PCD with SCLC is suspected.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1349-7235
Volume :
63
Issue :
6
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
37587040
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.0738-22