Diagnosis and management of early- and late-onset cerebellar ataxia
Diagnosis and management of early- and late-onset cerebellar ataxia
Diagnosis and management of early- and late-onset cerebellar ataxia
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9. Paraneoplastic antibodies:<br />
Antibody<br />
Coexisting<br />
symptoms (apart<br />
from <strong>ataxia</strong>) Associated cancers<br />
Anti-Yo — Gynaecological,<br />
breast<br />
Anti-Tr — Hodgkin lymphoma<br />
Anti-mGluR1-a — Hodgkin lymphoma<br />
Anti-Zic4 — Small cell lung<br />
Anti-Hu Encephalomyelitis,<br />
limbic encephalitis,<br />
sensory neuronopathy,<br />
autonomic<br />
dysfunction<br />
Anti-Ri Opsoclonus-myoclonus,<br />
brain stem<br />
encephalitis<br />
Anti-Ma Limbic <strong>and</strong> brain<br />
stem encephalitis,<br />
Opsoclonus-myoclonus<br />
carcinoma (SCLC)<br />
SCLC, neuroblastoma,<br />
sarcoma,<br />
other<br />
Breast, gynaecological,<br />
SCLC<br />
Breast<br />
Anti-PCA2 Encephalomyelitis SCLC<br />
Anti-CRMP Encephalomyelitis,<br />
chorea, polyneur-<br />
opathy<br />
Anti-VGCC Autonomic dysfunction,<br />
Lambert<br />
Eaton myastenic<br />
syndrome<br />
SCLC, thymoma,<br />
germ cell tumours<br />
<strong>of</strong> testis<br />
SCLC<br />
Lumbar puncture in screening for inflammatory/immune-mediated<br />
disorders:<br />
Study Indicative <strong>of</strong><br />
Mononuclear <strong>and</strong> polynu- infections, immuneclear<br />
lymphocytes, glucose mediated disorders<br />
Protein, IgG index (immune inflammation, immune-<br />
electrophoresis)<br />
mediated disorders,<br />
demyelinization<br />
Consider: lactate, pyruvate mitochondrial disorders<br />
Consider: viral/infectious infection by borrelia, crypto-<br />
screening<br />
coccus, herpes, Epstein-<br />
Barr virus (EBV),<br />
Coxsackie, echo, human<br />
immunodeficiency virus<br />
(HIV), human T-cell lymphotropic<br />
virus (HTLV1), or<br />
toxoplasmosis, leptospirosis,<br />
tuberculosis<br />
10. Laboratory studies for whipple <strong>and</strong> malabsorption:<br />
Study Indicative <strong>of</strong><br />
Vitamin E, B1, B6, B12,<br />
cholesterol triglycerides,<br />
low-density lipoprotein, very<br />
low-density lipoprotein<br />
malabsorption, vitamin<br />
deficiency<br />
PCR Tropheryma whippelii whipple disease<br />
<strong>Diagnosis</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>management</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>cerebellar</strong> <strong>ataxia</strong><br />
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