Antiamphiphysin-positive stiff-person syndrome associated with small cell lung cancer

B K Nguyen-Huu; P P Urban; M Schreckenberger; M Dieterich; Konrad J Werhahn

doi:10.1002/mds.20910

Antiamphiphysin-positive stiff-person syndrome associated with small cell lung cancer

Mov Disord. 2006 Aug;21(8):1285-7. doi: 10.1002/mds.20910.

Authors

B K Nguyen-Huu¹, P P Urban, M Schreckenberger, M Dieterich, Konrad J Werhahn

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany.

PMID: 16671079
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20910

Abstract

The paraneoplastic amphiphysin(+) stiff-person syndrome (SPS) has so far only been described in women with breast adenocarcinoma. Here, we describe the rare case of a female patient with antiamphiphysin(+) SPS due to small cell cancer of the lung.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Autoantibodies / blood
Carcinoma, Small Cell / complications*
Carcinoma, Small Cell / immunology
Electromyography
Female
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / complications*
Lung Neoplasms / immunology
Middle Aged
Nerve Tissue Proteins / immunology*
Stiff-Person Syndrome / etiology*
Stiff-Person Syndrome / immunology

Substances

Autoantibodies
Nerve Tissue Proteins
amphiphysin