A study on a new antineural antibody in a case of paraneoplastic sensory neuropathy associated with breast carcinoma.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Paraneoplastic sensory neuropathy is a remote effect of cancer, usually associated with small cell lung carcinoma and anti-Hu antibody. This report details the case of a 59 year old woman with a breast carcinoma and a paraneoplastic sensory neuropathy characterised by chronic asymmetric sensory neuropathy. Anti-Hu antibody was not detected in her serum; nor were other known antineuronal antibodies such as anti-Ri and Yo. However, we have found an antineural antibody that reacted to a 106 kDa mouse neural antigen which has not yet been reported. Immunohistochemically, this antineural antibody bound to the posterior grey horn. This finding suggests that this antineural antibody may play an important part in the pathogenesis of the sensory neuropathy of this patient.
Medical subject headings
- Antibodies
- Breast Neoplasms
- Nervous System
- Paraneoplastic Syndromes
- Peripheral Nervous System Diseases