A rare case of anti-Hu paraneoplastic neurologic syndrome in association with cervical cancer

Uchenna E Okagbue; Luke Y J Wang; Tyler Cymet; Bruce Rabin; Rodrigo B Erlich

A rare case of anti-Hu paraneoplastic neurologic syndrome in association with cervical cancer

Compr Ther. 2008 Spring;34(1):48-50.

Authors

Uchenna E Okagbue¹, Luke Y J Wang, Tyler Cymet, Bruce Rabin, Rodrigo B Erlich

Affiliation

¹ Johns Hopkins University/Sinai Hospital Program in Internal Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.

PMID: 18681112

Abstract

Anti-Hu antibodies, also known as ANNA-1, are well characterized in paraneoplastic neuropathies. We present here the first known case of anti-Hu seropositivity, cerebellar ataxia, and sensory neuropathy in association with cervical cancer.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / complications*
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / diagnosis
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / therapy
Diagnosis, Differential
ELAV Proteins / analysis
Female
Humans
Paraneoplastic Polyneuropathy / complications*
Paraneoplastic Polyneuropathy / diagnosis
Paraneoplastic Polyneuropathy / immunology
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / complications*
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / diagnosis
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / therapy

Substances

ELAV Proteins