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ArticleCerebellum (London, England)2024

A Case of Anti-Ma2 Encephalitis Presenting with Pendular Torsional Nystagmus.

Gloria Vaghi, Elisa Vegezzi, Paola Bini, Matteo Gastaldi, Luca Diamanti, Enrico Marchioni, Silvia Colnaghi

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Article in Cerebellum (London, England), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Gloria VaghiDepartment of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy. gloria.vaghi01@universitadipavia.it.
Elisa VegezziDepartment of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
Paola BiniNeuroncology and Neuroinflammation Unit, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy.
Matteo GastaldiNeuroncology and Neuroinflammation Unit, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy.
Luca DiamantiNeuroncology and Neuroinflammation Unit, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy.
Enrico MarchioniNeuroncology and Neuroinflammation Unit, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy.
Silvia ColnaghiNeurology Unit, Dipartimento Funzionale Sperimentale Interaziendale di Neuroscienze, ASST, Pavia, Italy.
Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale Casimiro Mondino · ITUniversity of Pavia · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibodies against the neuronal protein Ma2 have been reported in a peculiar form of paraneoplastic encephalitis with prominent involvement of the limbic, brainstem, and diencephalic structures and usually associated with germ cell testicular, lung, or breast cancer. The diagnosis is frequently challenged by atypical clinical manifestations including parkinsonism, sleep disturbances, hypothalamic-pituitary dysfunctions, and motor neuron-like syndrome. In recent years, the advent of monoclonal antibodies targeting immune checkpoints has deeply changed the treatment of different tumors, especially melanoma and lung cancer. However, given their nature, an increasing number of neurological immune-related adverse events, including ocular motor abnormalities, have been described. Here, we report a woman with advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with anti-PD-L1 durvalumab, presenting with an isolated pendular torsional nystagmus, in association with anti-Ma2 antibodies. This peculiar case widens our knowledge on the clinical presentation of anti-Ma2 encephalitis associated with checkpoint inhibitors.

Indexed as

Nerve Tissue ProteinsNystagmus, PathologicAntigens, NeoplasmAutoantibodiesCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungEncephalitisHumansLung NeoplasmsAntigens, NeoplasmAutoantibodiesMa2 antigenNerve Tissue ProteinsAnti-Ma2 encephalitisAnti-PD-L1Immune checkpointNystagmusParaneoplastic neurological syndrome

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PMID37848701
PMCPMC11102397
OpenAlexW4387696548

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