Chapter 097 Paraneoplastic Neurologic Syndromes (Part 3) doc

... Chapter 097. Paraneoplastic Neurologic Syndromes (Part 3) Neuronal cell-surface antigens can be the target of antibodies in some patients with paraneoplastic encephalitis. ... antigens are unknown. These include several syndromes of inflammatory neuropathies and myopathies. In addition, many patients with typical PND syndromes are antibody- negative. For still othe...

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... synthesis of IgG, and a variable presence of oligoclonal bands. Chapter 097. Paraneoplastic Neurologic Syndromes (Part 4) PND of the Central Nervous System and Dorsal Root Ganglia ... important to rule out neurologic complications due to the direct spread of cancer, particularly metastatic and leptomeningeal disease. In most PNDs the MRI findings are nonspecific. Par...

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... of these antibodies are shown in Table 97-2. Figure 97-3 Chapter 097. Paraneoplastic Neurologic Syndromes (Part 6) Paraneoplastic Encephalomyelitis and Focal Encephalitis The term ... encephalomyelitis. Paraneoplastic encephalomyelitis and focal encephalitis are usually associated with SCLC, but many other cancers have also been reported. Patients with SCLC and t...

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... in 30–50% of patients with thymoma or sclerotic myeloma. Table 97-1 Paraneoplastic Syndromes of the Nervous System Syndromes of the brain, brainstem, and cerebellum Focal encephalitis ... Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration Opsoclonus-myoclonus Syndromes of the spinal cord Subacute necrotizing myelopathy Motor neuron dysfunction Myelitis Stiff-person syndrome S...

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... Chapter 097. Paraneoplastic Neurologic Syndromes (Part 2) Pathogenesis Most PNDs are mediated by immune responses triggered ... the resistance of many of these conditions to therapy. Table 97- 2 Paraneoplastic Antineuronal Antibodies, Associated Syndromes and Cancers Antibody Syndrome Associated Cancers Anti-Hu ... encephalitis, cerebellar dysfunction, myelitis),...

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... present with Chapter 097. Paraneoplastic Neurologic Syndromes (Part 5) Specific Paraneoplastic Neurologic Syndromes (Table 97 -3) Table 97-3 Antibody- Associated Paraneoplastic and Nonparaneoplastic ... (Table 97 -3) Table 97-3 Antibody- Associated Paraneoplastic and Nonparaneoplastic Syndromesa Antibodies Paraneoplastic

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... monoclonal protein in serum or CSF. Chapter 097. Paraneoplastic Neurologic Syndromes (Part 7) Encephalitis and Encephalomyelitis: Treatment Most types of paraneoplastic encephalitis and encephalomyelitis ... in anti-Ri-associated syndromes is breast cancer. teratoma of the ovary, and the encephalitis that associates with VGKC antibodies in some patients with thymoma...

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... A benefit of IVIg has been demonstrated for the nonparaneoplastic disorder but remains to be established for the paraneoplastic syndrome. Paraneoplastic Sensory Neuronopathy or Dorsal Root ... metastasis to vertebral bodies and pelvis, deposits of amyloid in peripheral nerves, and paraneoplastic mechanisms. The paraneoplastic variety has several distinctive features. Approximately...

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... feature of encephalomyelitis, serum anti-Hu and anti-CV 2 /CRMP5 Chapter 097. Paraneoplastic Neurologic Syndromes (Part 9) Vasculitis of the nerve and muscle causes a painful symmetric ... Paraneoplastic Visual Syndromes This group of disorders involves the retina and, less frequently, the uvea and optic nerves. The term cancer-associated retinopathy is used to descr...

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... inefficient. A common error is overzealous hyperventilation in the setting of Chapter 020. Hypothermia and Frostbite (Part 3) Source: Modified from RR Kempainen, DD Brunette: Resp. Care 49:192, ... (1) a do-not-resuscitate status is verified, (2) obviously lethal injuries are identified, or (3) the depression of a frozen chest wall is not possible. As the resuscitation procee...

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