{"title":"Cerebellar syndrome: cause cured, but symptoms persist","authors":"Shehab Samaha, Andrew J Larner","doi":"10.1002/pnp.812","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Subacute cerebellar syndromes have a broad differential diagnosis, which includes paraneoplasia. Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration needs to be considered in this clinical situation even if initial brain imaging is normal, and the neurological prognosis is guarded even if the underlying tumour can be successfully treated.","PeriodicalId":43913,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3000,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1002/pnp.812","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"NEUROSCIENCES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Subacute cerebellar syndromes have a broad differential diagnosis, which includes paraneoplasia. Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration needs to be considered in this clinical situation even if initial brain imaging is normal, and the neurological prognosis is guarded even if the underlying tumour can be successfully treated.
期刊介绍:
Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry is published nine times a year, and is a journal for specialists in secondary care, GPs with an interest in neurology and psychiatry, community psychiatric nurses and other specialist healthcare professionals. Articles cover management, news updates and opinion in all areas of neurology and psychiatry.