Anti-Yo antibody associated with occult fallopian tube carcinoma.

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_0D9D1AE77B60
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Title
Anti-Yo antibody associated with occult fallopian tube carcinoma.
Journal
International journal of gynecological pathology
Author(s)
Selby K.J., Warner J., Klempner S., Konstantinopoulos P.A., Hecht J.L.
ISSN
1538-7151 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0277-1691
Publication state
Published
Issued date
11/2011
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
30
Number
6
Pages
536-538
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Case Reports ; Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
This is the case report of a 61-year-old woman who presented with progressive diplopia and ataxia. Her cerebrospinal fluid revealed high titers of anti-Yo (PCA-1) antibody and a magnetic resonance imaging with contrast showed cerebellar degeneration. Extensive imaging workup was negative for malignancy and she was otherwise asymptomatic. Given the association between anti-Yo antibodies and gynecologic malignancies, she underwent a bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and cancer staging. Extensive section of the fimbriated end of the fallopian tube revealed a stage 1, microscopic serous adenocarcinoma. After surgery, her anti-YO titers fell and plans were made for adjuvant chemotherapy. Her neurologic symptoms are not expected to substantially improve, illustrating the urgent need for early surgical investigation in cases of paraneoplastic syndrome, even in the absence of imaging evidence of a lesion.
Keywords
Adenocarcinoma/immunology, Adenocarcinoma/pathology, Ataxia/etiology, Autoantibodies/cerebrospinal fluid, Autoantibodies/immunology, Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous/immunology, Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous/pathology, Diplopia/etiology, Fallopian Tube Neoplasms/immunology, Fallopian Tube Neoplasms/pathology, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Nerve Tissue Proteins/immunology, Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration/etiology, Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration/immunology
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