Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 4-2007. A 56-year-old woman with rapidly progressive vertigo and ataxia

N Engl J Med. 2007 Feb 8;356(6):612-20. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcpc069035.

Authors

Josep Dalmau¹, R Gilberto Gonzalez, Melinda F Lerwill

Affiliation

¹ Division of Neuro-oncology, Department of Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.

PMID: 17287482
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc069035

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

Antibodies / blood
Ataxia / etiology
Axilla
Biopsy
Breast Diseases / pathology
Breast Neoplasms / complications
Breast Neoplasms / immunology
Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
Carcinoma / complications
Carcinoma / immunology
Carcinoma / pathology
Carcinoma / secondary*
Cerebellum / pathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Lymph Nodes / pathology*
Lymphatic Metastasis / pathology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Middle Aged
Nerve Tissue Proteins / immunology
Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration / etiology
Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration / immunology
Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration / pathology*
Vertigo / etiology

Substances

Antibodies
CDR2 protein, human
Nerve Tissue Proteins