Symptoms of paraneoplastic encephalopathy as the first clinical sign of Hodgkin’s lymphoma. A case study
Symptomatológia paraneoplastickej encefalopatie ako prvý klinický prejav Hodgkinovho lymfómu
Limbická encefalopatia a subakútna cerebelárna degenerácia patria k jedným zo vzácnych paraneoplastických autoimunitných epifenoménov sprevádzajúcich Hodgkinov lymfóm a zatiaľ boli v literatúre referované iba ojedinelé prípady.
V nášom príspevku popisujeme prípad deväťnásťročnej pacientky, u ktorej bola neurologická symptomatológia vyplývajúca z paraneoplastickej encefalopatie jedným z prvých a dominantným klinickým prejavom Hodgkinovho lymfómu. Diagnóza paraneoplastickej encefalopatie bola stanovená po vylúčení neuroinfekcie, primárneho demyelinizačného ochorenia centrálneho nervového systému, a v súvislosti s kompletnou neurologickou úpravou sprevádzajúcou dosiahnutie remisie lymfogranulómu intenzifikovanou kombinovanou chemoterapiou v primárnej liečbe.
Kľúčové slová:
Hodgkinov lymfóm, encefalopatia, centrálny nervový systém, autoimunita, liečebná odpoveď.
Authors:
Z. Rusiňáková; L. Raida; K. Indrák
Authors‘ workplace:
Prednosta: Prof. MUDr. Karel Indrák, DrSc.
; Hemato-onkologická klinika LF UK Palackého
a Fakultní nemocnice Olomouc
Published in:
Prakt. Lék. 2007; 87(2): 114-116
Category:
Case Report
Overview
Limbic encephalopathy and subacute cerebellar degeneration are rare paraneoplastic autoimmune epiphenomena associated with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Only a few cases have been reported in the literature. This report describes the case of a 19 year old female, whose neurological symptoms resulted from a paraneoplastic encephalopathy and became one of the first and dominant clinical manifestations of Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Diagnosis of paraneoplastic encephalopathy was concluded after exclusion of neuroinfection, primary demyelinating disease of the central nervous system and it was based on complete neurological restoration, followed by remission of lymphogranuloma achieved by combined chemotherapy in primary treatment.
Key words:
Hodgkin’s lymphoma, encephalopathy, central nervous system, autoimmunity, therapeutic response.
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