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Paraneoplastic neurologic syndrome as a presentation of underlying breast malignancy
Author(s) -
Laguna Benjamin,
Hayward Jessica H.,
Lee Amie Y.,
Joe Bonnie N.,
Ray Kimberly M.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the breast journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1524-4741
pISSN - 1075-122X
DOI - 10.1111/tbj.13121
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , breast cancer , presentation (obstetrics) , cancer , pathology , surgery
While breast cancer most commonly presents as a screen‐detected mammographic finding or a breast symptom, in very rare instances it may first present as a paraneoplastic neurologic syndrome (PNS; Surg Case Rep, 2015;1:59; Ann Neurol 2004;56:715). Fewer than 1% of breast cancer patients have PNS, and an even smaller percentage initially present with neurologic symptoms ( J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 2004;75:ii43). We report a case series of three patients who presented with neurological disorders suspicious for PNS, and were subsequently found to have underlying breast cancer. We follow this with a discussion of key clinical features of management considerations in paraneoplastic syndromes secondary to breast malignancy.

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