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Unilateral paraneoplastic optic disc edema and retinal periphlebitis in pineal germinoma

American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2018
Purpose: To describe a unilateral ocular paraneoplastic syndrome in pineal germinoma. Observations: A 24-year-old male presented with diplopia, excessive thirst, and frequent urination. Cranial MRI showed a mass in pineal gland.
Gunay Uludag, Aslihan Onay, Sumru Onal
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Successful Treatment in a Case of Massive Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Paraneoplastic Syndrome

Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2009
Paraneoplastic syndromes of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are not uncommon. However, the prognosis is poor and follow-up and improvement of paraneoplastic syndromes with treatment have been reported rarely.
Atsunori Tsuchiya, Tomoyuki Kubota, Kazuyoshi Takizawa, Kazuki Yamada, Toshifumi Wakai, Yasunobu Matsuda, Terasu Honma, Masashi Watanabe, Yoshio Shirai, Hiroki Maruyama, Minoru Nomoto, Yutaka Aoyagi   +11 more
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18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in the diagnosis of suspected paraneoplastic syndromes: A retrospective analysis

World Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2020
Paraneoplastic syndromes are a rare clinical presentation of tumor thought to affect 0.01% of patients with cancer. Paraneoplastic syndromes present a diagnostic challenge as a wide variety of signs and symptoms may appear. This study examines the use of
Richard Bresler, Harry William III Schroeder, David Z. Chow, Ruth Lim   +3 more
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Stiff Person Syndrome and Acetylcholine Receptor Ganglionic Neuronal Antibodies

Case Reports in Neurology, 2020
The association between stiff person syndrome and paraneoplastic syndromes has been described, linking intracellular or extracellular antibodies. We describe the case of a 64-year-old woman with stiff person syndrome and positivity for acetylcholine ...
Jacobo Lester, Jimmy Cojab, Enrique Klériga   +2 more
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Paraneoplastic Sweet’s syndrome [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2018
: Sweet’s syndrome is a rare dermatosis with little-known pathogenesis, associated with some clinical conditions such as infections, autoimmune diseases, inflammatory bowel diseases, vaccination, medications and neoplasms.
Daniela Gomes Cunha, Gabriella Campos-do-Carmo, Julia Macchione Marujo, Gustavo Costa Verardino   +3 more
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RHEUMATIC MASKS OF PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME

Научно-практическая ревматология, 2001
Summary Analysis of the prevalence and clinical manifestations of paraneoplastic syndrome in 173 patients with malignant tumors admitted in departments internal medicine of Regional Clinical hospital was done.
A. P. Rebrov, I L Alexeyeva, E Y Kondiurina, V V Frontasieva, I F Shergina   +4 more
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Anti-Ri-associated paraneoplastic ophthalmoplegia-ataxia syndrome in a woman with breast cancer: a case report and review of the literature

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2020
Background Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. However, in the management of breast cancer, paraneoplastic neurological syndromes represent a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge.
Giuseppe Sena, Gaetano Gallo, Giuseppina Vescio, Denise Gambardella, Stefano de Franciscis, Mariuccia Renne   +5 more
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Paraneoplastic Peripheral Nervous System Manifestations of Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Case Reports in Neurology, 2017
Neurologic symptoms secondary to a paraneoplastic syndrome may be the presenting manifestation of a previously undiagnosed cancer, and alertness to these syndromes may provide an opportunity for early detection and treatment of a cancer.
Ingrid Yang, Joanna Jaros, Danny Bega
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Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma of the Retroperitoneum With Hyperleukocytosis as Paraneoplastic Syndrome: A Rare Presentation

MAMC Journal of Medical Sciences, 2019
Background: Paraneoplastic syndrome is a clinical syndrome with systemic effects, triggered by altered immune response to a neoplasm. Paraneoplastic syndrome was described mostly in association with epithelial malignancies, while in a soft tissue sarcoma
Sangita S Mehta, Rajeshwari K Muthusamy, Firoz Rajan, Shobhanaa P. S.   +3 more
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Neurological manifestation of colonic adenocarcinoma

Rare Tumors, 2012
Paraneoplastic neurologic disorders are extremely rare in cancer patients and are most commonly associated with certain tumors, such as ovarian cancer, small cell lung cancer, and breast cancer.
Uzair Chaudhary, Mercedes Paredes, Terence T. Sio   +2 more
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