Article
Paraneoplastic isolated myelopathy: clinical course and neuroimaging clues.
Neurology - 14 Jun 2011
Flanagan E P, McKeon A, Lennon V A, Kearns J, Weinshenker B G, Krecke K N, Matiello M, Keegan B M, Mokri B, Aksamit A J, Pittock S J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To report the clinical phenotype and outcome of isolated paraneoplastic myelopathy. METHODS: We systematically reviewed clinical, serologic, and MRI data for 31 patients (20 female) who presented with an isolated myelopathy and coexisting cancer: carcinoma (lung, 9; breast, 7; kidney, 2; thyroid, 2; ovary/endometrium, 2), melanoma (2), or other cancer (3), or a paraneoplastic autoantibody with strong...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Female
- Humans
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Nervous System
- Phenotype
- Spinal Cord
- Spinal Cord Diseases
