Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: a Unique Association.

Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: a Unique Association. Cerebellum. 2019 Jun 03;: Authors: Bhardwaj S, Khasani S, Benasher D, Stein EG, Meghal T, Jacoby N, Huang YJ Abstract Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration (PCD) is a rare disorder that is associated with lung or gynecological malignancies and Hodgkin lymphoma. Neurologic symptoms are commonly the initial presenting sign leading to the diagnosis of an underlying malignancy. We are presenting an Asian male with progressive lower extremity weakness with EBV-positive nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and anti-Yo antibodies. Peculiarly, transient diffuse leptomeningeal enhancement is seen on MR imaging. This is the first report of PCD associated with NPC and thus illustrates that PCD embodies a boarder set of disease than previously described. PMID: 31161534 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Cerebellum - Category: Neuroscience Authors: Tags: Cerebellum Source Type: research