Open AccessRapidly Progressive Paraneoplastic Brain Stem Encephalitis With Anti-Hu Antibodies and an Occult Small Cell Carcinoma: An Autopsy Case Report
Author(s) -
Justin D. Richey,
Saeed T. Vakili,
Terrence M. Katona
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
american journal of clinical pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.859
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 1943-7722
pISSN - 0002-9173
DOI - 10.1093/ajcp/140.suppl1.080
Subject(s) - occult , autopsy , pathology , antibody , medicine , carcinoma , small cell carcinoma , immunology , alternative medicine
We report the case of a 67-year-old male who died of complications from paraneoplastic brain stem encephalitis secondary to an occult small cell carcinoma with high anti-Hu antibody titers. The decedent, whose medical history included 50 years of smoking, presented to the emergency department with 3-4 …
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