Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration in association with Hodgkin's disease: A report of two cases

Cehreli C., Payzin B., Undar B., Yilmaz U., Alakavuklar M.

ACTA HAEMATOLOGICA, vol.94, no.4, pp.210-213, 1995 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 94 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 1995
  • Doi Number: 10.1159/000204012
  • Journal Name: ACTA HAEMATOLOGICA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.210-213
  • Keywords: Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration, Hodgkin's disease, plasma exchange, CELL ANTIBODY, PLASMAPHERESIS, AUTOANTIBODIES, PATIENT, CARCINOMA, ANTIGEN, CANCER, TUMOR, SERUM, LUNG
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Two patients with paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration accompanying Hodgkin's disease were treated with plasma exchange in combination with Hodgkin's disease chemotherapy or radiation therapy, respectively. Significant improvement in Plasma exchange neurologic symptoms was obtained in 1 of them.