Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration syndrome

Also known as: Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration

Subacute cerebellar ataxia from anti-Yo or anti-Hu antibodies.

Medical specialty: Oncology
Subspecialty: Oncology / Paraneoplastic syndromes
Sex & age distribution: Male: affected; Female: affected, women with breast and ovarian cancer; Children: rare
Gene(s) involved: None recorded

Etiology & mechanism

Autoimmune Purkinje cell loss.

Gene(s) involved (0)

No gene recorded.

Symptoms & signs (5)

ataxiadiplopiadysarthrianystagmusvertigo

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