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ArticleCureus2022

A Case of a Splitting Headache: Paraneoplastic Rhombencephalitis.

Nico Gotera, Christian P Schultheis

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Article in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 55% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nico GoteraInternal Medicine Residency, MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center, Mason City, USA.
Christian P SchultheisHematology and Medical Oncology, Mission Cancer + Blood, Des Moines, USA.
Mercy Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Paraneoplastic neurologic syndromes are a set of rare neurological conditions with a wide variety of presentations, ranging from headache to gait imbalance. These conditions are often underreported and underdiagnosed. Paraneoplastic rhombencephalitis is a subtype that involves inflammation of the hindbrain. This case involves a 67-year-old female with metastatic small-cell lung cancer who acutely developed neurological symptoms with magnetic resonance imaging findings consistent with rhombencephalitis. Our case discusses the updated diagnostic criteria for paraneoplastic neurologic syndrome released in July 2021 compared with the prior criteria in 2004. In addition, it illustrates the importance of increasing awareness of this condition for early diagnosis and prompt treatment, which can potentially influence morbidity outcomes.

Indexed as

acetylcholine ganglionic receptor antibodyparaneoplastic encephalomyelitisparaneoplastic neurologic syndromeparaneoplastic rhomboencephalitisrhomboencephalitissmall-cell lung carcinoma

Identifiers

PMID35602787
PMCPMC9121404
OpenAlexW4224261622

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