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The Spectrum of Abnormal Tongue Movements: Review of Phenomenology, Etiology, and Differential Diagnosis

open access: yesMovement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Classifying abnormal tongue movements is challenging due to their varied presentations and limited visibility compared to other body parts. Accurate identification of the phenomenology guides physical examination and can point to specific diagnoses.
Nathaniel Bendahan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Medusa head ataxia’: the expanding spectrum of Purkinje cell antibodies in autoimmune cerebellar ataxia. Part 3: Anti-Yo/CDR2, anti-Nb/AP3B2, PCA-2, anti-Tr/DNER, other antibodies, diagnostic pitfalls, summary and outlook [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Serological testing for anti-neural autoantibodies is important in patients presenting with idiopathic cerebellar ataxia, since these autoantibodies may indicate cancer, determine treatment and predict prognosis.
A Bhargava   +149 more
core   +3 more sources

A case of Cerebellar Ataxia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Mr X, a 66-year-old gentleman, presented to the emergency department with progressively worsening unsteadiness on his feet, double vision, nausea and vomiting. Two months previously the patient noticed he was becoming unsteady on his feet.
Brown-Kerr, Alana, Weaver, Jamie
core   +2 more sources

Clinical disorders affecting mesopic vision [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Vision in the mesopic range is affected by a number of inherited and acquired clinical disorders. We review these conditions and summarize the historical background, describing the clinical characteristics alongside the genetic basis and molecular ...
Abramowicz M.   +100 more
core   +1 more source

Dual paraneoplastic syndromes in a patient with small cell lung cancer: a case report

open access: yesJournal of Medical Case Reports, 2011
Introduction We describe the case of a patient with small cell lung cancer and dual paraneoplastic syndromes involving adrenocorticotropic hormone and calcitonin.
Woods Scott E   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A case study with breast cancer and brain metastasis encompassing acute onset of amnesia and altered mental status due to limbic encephalitis - biochemical and proteomic aspects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
A biochemical case study is reported on a 50-year old lady known to have breast cancer. The woman was treated by mastectomy and this was followed by unraveling brain metastases three years post-diagnosis of the cancer, which was treated by radiation and ...
Ghazal, Faten Abou   +5 more
core  

Paraneoplastic neurologic syndromes

open access: yesAnnals of Oncology, 1995
Paraneoplastic neurologic syndromes (PNS) are remote, nonmetastatic complications of systemic cancer. Clinically they are characterized by subacute, progressive neurologic deficits that usually result in profound disability and eventually death. PNS may be present as long as 2 to 4 years before diagnosis of the associated tumor, but it can develop ...
J, Bauer, T, Kuntzer, S, Leyvraz
openaire   +2 more sources

Neurological Peculiarities of POEMS Syndrome: Experience From a Brazilian University Center

open access: yesMuscle &Nerve, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim Polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal protein, and skin changes (POEMS) syndrome is a rare paraneoplastic syndrome associated with significant neurologic morbidity. Better understanding of the manifestations of this disease is crucial to early diagnosis and improvement of prognosis.
Renan Fabri Rosenstein   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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