Chorea, transverse myelitis, neuropathy and a distinctive MRI: Paraneoplastic manifestations of probable small cell lung cancer

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 964-966

  Kleinig, T J ^a   Thompson, P D ^a,b   Kneebone, C S ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Chorea; Lung neoplasm; Paraneoplastic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN; TETRABENAZINE;

AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; ATAXIA; CACHEXIA; CASE REPORT; CHOREA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DYSARTHRIA; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; LIMB WEAKNESS; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MYELITIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; TREATMENT FAILURE; URINE INCONTINENCE; VASOPRESSIN RELEASE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; CHOREA; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA;

EID: 67349272604     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2008.08.041     Document Type: Article

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