A case of paraneoplastic cerebellar ataxia secondary to renal cell carcinoma

Southern Medical Journal
Hussam AmmarSnjay Mughal

Abstract

A 64-year-old female patient presented with acute cerebellar ataxia. After ruling out vascular, infectious, metastatic, demyelinating, and medication etiologies, a paraneoplastic origin for her illness was determined. A renal mass was discovered and found to be renal cell carcinoma. Her symptoms resolved after a radical nephrectomy. Physicians should consider the diagnosis of paraneoplastic neurologic syndromes whenever a thorough evaluation fails to explain neurologic abnormalities.

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Nov 26, 2009·Neurologic Clinics·Glenda LacerdaEdouard Hirsch

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