Degenerescence cerebelleuse paraneoplasique auto-immune. [Autoimmune paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration]
Détails
ID Serval
serval:BIB_60DE3CD34D67
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Sous-type
Etude de cas (case report): rapporte une observation et la commente brièvement.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Degenerescence cerebelleuse paraneoplasique auto-immune. [Autoimmune paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration]
Périodique
Revue Neurologique
ISSN
0035-3787 (Print)
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
1994
Volume
150
Numéro
1
Pages
46-9
Notes
Case Reports
English Abstract
Journal Article
English Abstract
Journal Article
Résumé
Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration is a well-defined clinical entity typically associated with ovarian or breast carcinoma. Serum or CSF of these patients has been shown to contain autoantibodies against the cytoplasm of Purkinje cells. These antibodies have been referred to as anti-Yo. We report the case of a 67-year old woman with ovarian adenocarcinoma presenting with subacute cerebellar dysfunction. Her serum was found to react with the cytoplasm of Purkinje cells and HeLa cells. On Western blot analysis a 60 to 70 kD reaction was obtained. This suggests the presence of a classical anti-Yo antibody.
Mots-clé
Adenocarcinoma/*complications
Aged
*Autoimmune Diseases
Female
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Ovarian Neoplasms/*complications
*Paraneoplastic Syndromes/immunology
Purkinje Cells/immunology
Spinocerebellar Degenerations/diagnosis/*etiology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tumor Cells, Cultured
Pubmed
Web of science
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25/01/2008 16:42
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20/08/2019 15:18