Abstract
An elderly man presented with signs and symptoms indicating a rapidly progressive central and peripheral nervous system disease, which led to death within 3 months. The pathologic picture was that of a "paraneoplastic" encephalomyelitis and neuritis, but no cancer could be found. Supratentorial predilection for the limbic structures correlated well with an observed limbic dementia. Arguments favoring a direct toxic or metabolic effect of cancer as a cause for this syndrome was less convincing in view of this report.
Publication types
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Brachial Plexus / pathology
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Brain Stem / pathology
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Bronchopneumonia / complications
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Cerebral Cortex / pathology
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Electroencephalography
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Encephalomyelitis / complications*
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Encephalomyelitis / diagnosis
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Encephalomyelitis / immunology
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Humans
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Limbic System / pathology
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Male
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Neoplasms / pathology
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Nerve Fibers, Myelinated / pathology
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Neuritis / complications*
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Neuritis / diagnosis
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Neuritis / immunology
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Spinal Cord / pathology
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Sural Nerve / pathology