Paraneoplastic neurological syndrome associated with anti-amphiphysin antibodies misleaded the diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Acta Neurol Belg. 2022 Feb;122(1):241-243. doi: 10.1007/s13760-021-01837-5. Epub 2022 Jan 10.

Authors

Giuseppe De Santis¹, Lucia Merico², Angelo Zenzola², Antonio Carbone², Gerardo Ciardo²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, "Card. G. Panico" Hospital, Via San Pio X, 2, 73039, Tricase, LE, Italy. [email protected].
² Department of Neurology, "Card. G. Panico" Hospital, Via San Pio X, 2, 73039, Tricase, LE, Italy.

PMID: 35001326
DOI: 10.1007/s13760-021-01837-5

No abstract available

Keywords: Amphiphysin; Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; Inflammation; Paraneoplastic syndrome.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Autoantibodies
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome* / complications
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome* / diagnosis
Humans
Paraneoplastic Syndromes*
Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Nervous System* / diagnosis

Substances

Autoantibodies
anti-amphiphysin autoantibody