Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis with Aquaporin-4 Antibody Positivity in Renal Cell Carcinoma: Rare Occurrence
| Autor: | Rangasetty Srinivasa, Aju Abhraham John, Mahendra Javali, Abhinandan K Shankar, Kiran Buddaraju, Anish Mehta, Rohan Mahale |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty biology business.industry medicine.disease Malignancy Transverse myelitis 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging 03 medical and health sciences Myelopathy 0302 clinical medicine Aquaporin 4 Neurology Renal cell carcinoma Aquaporin-4 antibody Etiology biology.protein Medicine Neurology (clinical) Antibody business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Neurology India. 67:1087 |
| ISSN: | 0028-3886 |
| DOI: | 10.4103/0028-3886.266293 |
| Popis: | The occurrence of longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) in an elderly patient should evoke search for underlying systemic malignancy. Intramedullary spinal cord metastases and paraneoplastic myelopathy are the most common etiology for LETM in patients with systemic malignancy. The occurrence of LETM in association with renal cell carcinoma with aquaporin-4 (AQP4) antibody positivity has not been reported. We report an elderly woman who presented with acute paraplegia and was diagnosed as having LETM with AQP4 positivity and renal cell carcinoma. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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