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Paraneoplastic Subacute Necrotic Myelopathy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Adrian Handforth ,
Sukriti Nag ,
Daniel Sharp  and
David M. Robertson
Adrian Handforth
Affiliation:
Departments of Medicine and Pathology, Queen’s University and Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario
Sukriti Nag*
Affiliation:
Departments of Medicine and Pathology, Queen’s University and Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario
Daniel Sharp
Affiliation:
Departments of Medicine and Pathology, Queen’s University and Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario
David M. Robertson
Affiliation:
Departments of Medicine and Pathology, Queen’s University and Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario
*
Department of Pathology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 3N6.
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A 79 year old male acutely developed a Brown-Sequard syndrome two weeks following resection of renal cell carcinoma. The subsequent clinical course was marked by subacute progression of spinal cord signs. Pathologic studies showed extensive multifocal spinal cord necrosis that could not be attributed to vascular occlusion or to vasculitis. This case appears to be a rare example of paraneoplastic subacute necrotic myelopathy.

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Original Articles
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 10 , Issue 3 , August 1983 , pp. 204 - 207
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1983

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