Anti-Ma2-associated paraneoplastic encephalitis in a male adolescent with mediastinal seminoma

Pediatr Neurol. 2014 Apr;50(4):433-4. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2013.12.020. Epub 2014 Jan 1.

Authors

Thangamadhan Bosemani¹, Thierry A G M Huisman¹, Andrea Poretti²

Affiliations

¹ Section of Pediatric Neuroradiology, Division of Pediatric Radiology, Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Section of Pediatric Neuroradiology, Division of Pediatric Radiology, Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 24630289
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2013.12.020

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Antigens, Neoplasm / immunology*
Autoantibodies / blood*
Brain / pathology*
Encephalitis / blood
Encephalitis / complications
Encephalitis / pathology*
Humans
Male
Mediastinal Neoplasms / blood
Mediastinal Neoplasms / complications
Mediastinal Neoplasms / pathology*
Mediastinal Neoplasms / surgery
Nerve Tissue Proteins / immunology*
Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Nervous System / blood
Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Nervous System / complications
Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Nervous System / pathology*
Radiography, Thoracic
Seminoma / blood
Seminoma / complications
Seminoma / pathology*
Seminoma / surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Young Adult

Substances

Antigens, Neoplasm
Autoantibodies
Ma2 antigen
Nerve Tissue Proteins