Trigeminal Neuralgia as the First Clinical Manifestation of Anti-Hu Paraneoplastic Syndrome Induced by a Borderline Ovarian Mucinous Tumor

Trigeminal Neuralgia as the First Clinical Manifestation of Anti-Hu Paraneoplastic Syndrome Induced by a Borderline Ovarian Mucinous Tumor

Paraneoplastic neurologic syndrome (PNS) is an uncommon manifestation of cancer that is not caused by the tumor or metastasis. Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is an initial symptom of this disease, but it has rarely been reported in the literature. Here, we report the case of a 76-year-old woman who prese...

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Main Authors: Hossein Kalanie, Ali Amini Harandi, Masoud Mardani, Zohre Shahverdi, Arman Morakabati, Shapoor Alidaei, Daryoosh Heydari, Ziaeddin Soroush, Hossein Pakdaman, Zahra Hosseinzadeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2014-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Neurology
Subjects:
Trigeminal neuralgia
Paraneoplastic syndrome
Anti-Hu
Ovarian tumor
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/357971

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