paraneoplastic encephalomyelitis

paraneoplastic encephalomyelitis
inflammation of the central nervous system accompanying certain forms of cancer, most often small cell lung cancer; common symptoms include subacute sensory neuronopathy, limbic encephalitis, cerebellar degeneration, brainstem dysfunction, and myelopathy. In some patients neurologic complications precede the diagnosis of cancer.

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