Anti-Ma2-Associated Encephalitis with Axonal Sensorimotor Polyneuropathy
- Author:
Joo Mee SONG
1
;
Soonwook KWON
;
Juhyeon KIM
;
Byoung Joon KIM
;
Ju Hong MIN
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Limbic encephalitis; Paraneoplastic syndromes; Autoantibodies
- MeSH: Autoantibodies; Axons; Brain Stem; Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung; Consciousness; Encephalitis; Eye Movements; Female; Humans; Limbic Encephalitis; Male; Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal; Paraneoplastic Syndromes; Parkinsonian Disorders; Polyneuropathies
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 2019;37(2):191-194
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: Anti-Ma2-associated encephalitis is one of the paraneoplastic limbic and brainstem encephalitis characterized by decreased consciousness, parkinsonism and the limitation of vertical eye movement. It is usually associated with non-small cell lung cancer in male and female or germ cell tumor in male. Herein, we report a case of atypical anti-Ma2-associated encephalitis which presented with axonal sensorimotor polyneuropathy.
