Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes in patients with carcinoid
- PMID: 19049559
- DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2008.02328.x
Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes in patients with carcinoid
Abstract
Background: Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (PNS) are mainly associated with small-cell lung cancer, gynaecological tumours and lymphomas. Few studies report the association of neurological syndromes with a carcinoid, the majority being a serotonin-related myopathy. We report four patients with a PNS associated with carcinoid.
Patients and results: The clinical syndromes were sensory neuropathy, limbic encephalitis, myelopathy and brain stem encephalitis. Two patients had antineuronal autoantibodies (one anti-Hu, one anti-Yo), one patient had antinuclear antibodies, and one patient had no autoantibodies. For two of the carcinoids, expression of HuD in the tumour could be demonstrated.
Conclusion: This study demonstrates that carcinoids can also be associated with classical antineuronal antibody-associated PNS.
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