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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 +11 more
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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 +3 more
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Posterior Scleritis as a Paraneoplastic Syndrome in Colon Cancer: A Case Report
, 2020 This study presents a rare case of unilateral posterior scleritis as an ophthalmic manifestation of a paraneoplastic syndrome. A 61-year-old man presented to our department complaining of gradual worsening of vision in his left eye.
Dimitrios Kalogeropoulos +3 more
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Paraneoplastic glomerular disease. Case study
, 2022 The case of membranous nephropathy manifested in nephrotic syndrome in a patient, newly diagnosed with lung cancer, is reported. Brief data on the paraneoplastic glomerular disease are provided, the need for cancer screening in elderly patients with ...
Ekaterina S. Stolyarevich +5 more
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Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes [PDF]
Current Opinion in Neurology, 2012 This review describes relevant advances in paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (PNS) with emphasis on particular syndromes and the impact of antibodies against surface antigens in their management.PNS may present with symptoms that do not raise the suspicion of a paraneoplastic origin.
Francesc, Graus, Josep, Dalmau
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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 +2 more
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Dermatomyositis as a paraneoplastic syndrome of malignant melanoma or incidental coexistence? [PDF]
, 2016 Introduction . Dermatomyositis is a rare systemic disease of connective tissue characterized by inflammation of the muscles and the skin. Malignant melanoma is a cancer that begins in melanocytes in the skin, mucosa of the rectum, intestine, oral cavity,
Magdalena Krajewska +4 more
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Antisynthetase Syndrome With Paraneoplastic Antibodies
, 2023 Antisynthetase syndrome (ASyS) is an uncommon systemic autoimmune disorder characterized by the presence of autoantibodies targeting aminoacyl-transfer RNA (tRNA) synthetase.
Tucker Billups +9 more
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N-methyl-D-aspartate antibody encephalitis: temporal progression of clinical and paraclinical observations in a predominantly non-paraneoplastic disorder of both sexes [PDF]
, 2010 Antibodies to the N-methyl-d-aspartate subtype of glutamate receptor have been associated with a newly-described encephalopathy that has been mainly identified in young females with ovarian tumours.
Irani, Sarosh R. +27 more
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