Acute sensorimotor paraneoplastic neuropathy in a patient with small cell prostate cancer

The authors describe a patient with a background of metastatic small cell prostate cancer who presented with a rapidly evolving sensorimotor neuropathy with bulbar features closely resembling Guillain-Barré syndrome, with a good initial response to intravenous immunoglobulins and platinum-based chem...

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Published in:BMJ case reports Vol. 17; no. 2
Main Authors: Faggin, Marco, McCann, Brendan, Gallagher, Paul, Salmond, Jonathan
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England 27-02-2024
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Summary:The authors describe a patient with a background of metastatic small cell prostate cancer who presented with a rapidly evolving sensorimotor neuropathy with bulbar features closely resembling Guillain-Barré syndrome, with a good initial response to intravenous immunoglobulins and platinum-based chemotherapy. This represented a likely paraneoplastic manifestation of the patient's urological malignancy.
ISSN:1757-790X
DOI:10.1136/bcr-2023-258380