Mystery Case: Cowden syndrome presenting with paraneoplastic encephalitis

Neurology. 2019 Oct 29;93(18):814-816. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000008398.

Authors

Meng-Sha Yao¹, Sheng Chen², Jun Liu¹

Affiliations

¹ From Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (M.-s.Y.); and Department of Neurology (S.C., J.L.), Shanghai Ruijin Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
² From Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (M.-s.Y.); and Department of Neurology (S.C., J.L.), Shanghai Ruijin Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. mztcs@163.com.

PMID: 31659132
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000008398

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis / diagnosis
Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis / etiology
Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis / immunology
Autoantibodies / immunology
Carcinoma, Renal Cell / complications
Carcinoma, Renal Cell / diagnosis*
Hamartoma Syndrome, Multiple / complications
Hamartoma Syndrome, Multiple / diagnosis*
Humans
Kidney Neoplasms / complications
Kidney Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Lung Neoplasms / complications
Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Male
Middle Aged
Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Nervous System / diagnosis*
Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Nervous System / etiology
Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Nervous System / immunology
Receptors, AMPA / immunology
Small Cell Lung Carcinoma / complications
Small Cell Lung Carcinoma / diagnosis*

Substances

Autoantibodies
Receptors, AMPA