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- Title
Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration caused by ovarian clear-cell carcinoma.
- Authors
Negishi, Y.; Sakai, K.; Noguchi, Y.; Iwasaki, N.; Kawai, N.
- Abstract
Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration is a paraneoplastic neurological syndrome caused by the remote effect of certain systemic cancers and is characterized by subacute cerebellar symptoms. A 62-year-old woman suffering from unidentified cerebellar symptoms was admitted to our hospital. Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration was suspected and ovarian cancer was detected after the systemic examination for malignancy. The symptoms of vertigo and dysarthria were improved a little after surgical operation and treatments of γ-globulin, steroid pulse and tacrolimus hydrate. The cerebellar symptoms of paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration are often evident prior to detection of malignancy. It is important to perform systemic examination for malignancy in case of unidentified cerebellar symptoms.
- Subjects
CANCER complications; OVARIAN tumors; PARANEOPLASTIC syndromes; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology Research, 2014, Vol 40, Issue 2, p614
- ISSN
1341-8076
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jog.12212