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The ataxic syndrome associated with Anti‐Yo antibody, or Purkinje cell cytoplasmic antibody
type 1 (PCA 1), is the most common variant of paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration …

Objective. Opsoclonus-ataxia, also called “dancing eye syndrome,” is a serious neurologic
condition that is often a paraneoplastic manifestation of occult neuroblastoma in early …

Introduction Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (PNS) are neurologic deficits triggered
by an underlying remote tumor. PNS can antedate clinical manifestation of ovarian …

Objective. We previously reported on children with opsoclonus-ataxia and found pervasive
neurodevelopmental deficits, years after onset, without a clear relationship to treatment …

Anti-Yo paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration (PCD) is a devastating autoimmune
complication of gynecological cancers. We hypothesized that as for other autoimmune …

Classic immunologic teaching describes the brain as an immunologically privileged site.
Studies of neuroimmunology have focused for many years almost exclusively on multiple …

Neuroimaging is usually unremarkable in paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration (PCD), at
least in the early stages of the disease. A patient with proven PCD is reported in whom it …

Presented here is the case of a paraneoplastic cerebral degeneration (PCD) in a female
patient with breast cancer and the indication of anti-Yo antibodies in the cerebrospina fluid …

Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes are a rare complication of breast cancer.
Nevertheless, they may be clinically relevant leading to neurological impairment. Clinicians …