Open AccessAnti-Ri-Antibody-Associated Paraneoplastic Syndrome in a Man with Breast Cancer Showing a Reversible Pontine Lesion on MRI
Author(s) -
Heeyoung Kim,
YoungMin Lim,
KwangKuk Kim
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of clinical neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.208
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 2005-5013
pISSN - 1738-6586
DOI - 10.3988/jcn.2009.5.3.151
Subject(s) - medicine , ataxia , opsoclonus , breast cancer , myoclonus , antibody , pathology , cancer , lesion , dermatology , immunology , anesthesia , neuroblastoma , psychiatry , biology , genetics , cell culture
Paraneoplastic neurological disorders associated with anti-Ri-antibodies, which are typically present with opsoclonus-myoclonus-ataxia. Most cases with anti-Ri-antibodyassociated paraneoplastic syndrome due to breast cancer occur in women - its occurrence in men is extremely rare.
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