Paraneoplastic neurological disorders in breast cancer

Breast. 2003 Jun;12(3):203-7. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9776(03)00011-0.

Abstract

Paraneoplastic syndromes are the rarest neurological complications in patients with cancer. The neurological paraneoplastic syndromes that are mainly associated with breast cancer are subacute cerebellar degeneration, paraneoplastic retinopathy, opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome, lower motor neuron diseases and Stiff-man syndrome. The aim of this paper is to briefly outline these paraneoplastic neurological syndromes and consider their relation to breast carcinoma.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Breast Neoplasms / complications*
  • Carcinoma / complications*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Paraneoplastic Polyneuropathy / etiology*