Seronegative paraneoplastic encephalomyelitis in occult colonic carcinoma.
Colon cancer
Immunology
Neurooncology
Journal
BMJ case reports
ISSN: 1757-790X
Titre abrégé: BMJ Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101526291
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
11 Sep 2023
11 Sep 2023
Historique:
pmc-release:
11
09
2025
medline:
13
9
2023
pubmed:
12
9
2023
entrez:
11
9
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes are immune-mediated neurological attacks triggered by malignancies. They are commonly associated with lung, breast, thymus, gynaecological and haematological malignancies. We report a case of a male patient in his late 40s with paraneoplastic encephalomyelitis due to a colonic adenocarcinoma emphasising a low threshold for extensive cancer evaluation in all subacutely presenting neurological syndromes. We also emphasise that the absence of a positive onconeural antibody does not preclude the diagnosis of a paraneoplastic syndrome.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37696607
pii: 16/9/e254397
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2022-254397
pmc: PMC10496712
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
© BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2023. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interests: None declared.