A new anti-neuronal antibody in a case of paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis associated with breast cancer

R Scheid; J Honnorat; E Delmont; H Urbach; R Biniek

A new anti-neuronal antibody in a case of paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis associated with breast cancer

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2004 Feb;75(2):338-40.

Authors

R Scheid¹, J Honnorat, E Delmont, H Urbach, R Biniek

Affiliation

¹ Day Clinic of Cognitive Neurology, University of Leipzig, and Max-Planck-Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Leipzig, Germany. [email protected]

PMID: 14742625
PMCID: PMC1738879

Abstract

Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes are rare remote effects of different types of cancer. Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis is a specific syndrome, most often associated with small cell lung carcinoma. This report describes the case of a pure limbic encephalitis in association with breast cancer. An anti-neuronal antibody was found in the serum and CSF of the patient which has not been reported so far.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Antibodies / immunology*
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
Breast Neoplasms / complications*
Breast Neoplasms / drug therapy
Breast Neoplasms / surgery
Carcinoma / complications*
Carcinoma / drug therapy
Carcinoma / surgery
Female
Humans
Immunoglobulin G / immunology
Limbic Encephalitis / complications*
Limbic Encephalitis / immunology*
Limbic Encephalitis / pathology
Mastectomy
Middle Aged
Neurons / immunology*

Substances

Antibodies
Immunoglobulin G