Open AccessAnti-Ma2 Paraneoplastic Encephalitis in Association with Recurrent Cervical Cancer
Author(s) -
Douglas Ney,
Wells A. Messersmith,
Kian Behbakht
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical neurology/the 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.2014.10.3.262
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , cervical cancer , cancer , encephalitis , magnetic resonance imaging , pathology , radiology , immunology , virus
Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes are rare, and although they are frequently associated with gynecological malignancies, cervical cancer is a rare cause. The symptoms of anti-Ma2 encephalitis are diverse and often present prior to the diagnosis of malignancy.