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Query: UMLS:C0014070 (
encephalomyelitis
)
13,017
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
Neurologic paraneoplastic syndromes are usually a debilitating and untreatable manifestation of malignancy. The case is presented of a woman with severe paraneoplastic
encephalomyelitis
that was characterized predominantly by cerebellar degeneration associated with small cell lung cancer, both of which responded rapidly to cytotoxic chemotherapy alone. She is alive with some neurologic residua but no signs of
recurrent cancer
more than 2 years after diagnosis. Recommendations for aggressive management of this rare but disabling syndrome are outlined.
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PMID:Paraneoplastic encephalomyelitis. Dramatic response to chemotherapy alone. 131 Aug 91
