Paraneoplastic cerebellar dysfunction in Hodgkin's lymphoma

Autor:	Swapnendu Basu, Debanti Banerjee, Kazi Sazzad Manir, Rahul Bhowmik
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Chemotherapy business.industry medicine.medical_treatment General Medicine Cerebellar dysfunction medicine.disease Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration Hodgkin's lymphoma Lymphoma Radiation therapy medicine Cerebellar Degeneration Cerebellar signs business
Zdroj:	Clinical Cancer Investigation Journal. 4:766
ISSN:	2278-0513
DOI:	10.4103/2278-0513.169118
Popis:	Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration (PCD) is a rare presentation of Hodgkin's Lymphoma (HL) manifests as acute/sub-acute nature. We report a case of 21 yr old male presented with acute cerebellar signs along with underlying HL.MRI brain was normal. CSF study was unremarkable. Patient was treated with six cycles of chemotherapy followed by radiotherapy. Neurological manifestations remarkably improved along with complete resolution of underlying HL. Anti-cancer therapy of underlying HL is the main strategy of treating associated PCD.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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