CENTRAL ALVEOLAR HYPOVENTILATION ASSOCIATED WITH PARANEOPLASTIC BRAIN-STEM ENCEPHALITIS AND ANTI-HU ANTIBODIES

Authors
BALL JA WARNER T REID P HOWARD RS GREGSON NA ROSSOR MN
Citation
Ja. Ball et al., CENTRAL ALVEOLAR HYPOVENTILATION ASSOCIATED WITH PARANEOPLASTIC BRAIN-STEM ENCEPHALITIS AND ANTI-HU ANTIBODIES, Journal of neurology, 241(9), 1994, pp. 561-566
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Journal of neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03405354
Volume
241
Issue
9
Year of publication
1994
Pages
561 - 566
Database
ISI
SICI code
0340-5354(1994)241:9<561:CAHAWP>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
We describe a patient with a paraneoplastic brain-stem encephalitis du e to an occult small cell carcinoma of the lung. He developed episodes of central sleep apnoea culminating in acute respiratory failure. Ant ibodies resembling anti-Hu antibodies were demonstrated in both serum and cerebrospinal fluid.