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

C Cehreli; B Payzin; B Undar; U Yilmaz; M N Alakavuklar

doi:10.1159/000204012

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

Acta Haematol. 1995;94(4):210-3. doi: 10.1159/000204012.

Authors

C Cehreli¹, B Payzin, B Undar, U Yilmaz, M N Alakavuklar

Affiliation

¹ Dokuz Eylul University, School of Medicine, Inciralti, Izmir, Turkey.

PMID: 8610480
DOI: 10.1159/000204012

Abstract

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

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
Cerebellar Diseases / complications*
Cerebellar Diseases / radiotherapy
Cerebellar Diseases / therapy
Combined Modality Therapy
Female
Hodgkin Disease / complications*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Paraneoplastic Syndromes / complications*
Paraneoplastic Syndromes / radiotherapy
Paraneoplastic Syndromes / therapy
Plasma Exchange