TY - JOUR
T1 - Paraneoplastic fasciitis - Panniculitis syndrome
T2 - A neurological point of view
AU - Dinakar, Pradeep
AU - Höke, Ahmet
PY - 2009/2/16
Y1 - 2009/2/16
N2 - Background: A 54-year-old woman who had undergone gastrectomy to treat gastric adenocarcinoma 5 years previously and had since been in remission presented to a neuromuscular clinic complaining of stiffening and painful spasms of the legs and abdomen. Repeat pan-CT scans and gastric biopsy confirmed the recurrence of poorly differentiated signet ring gastric adenocarcinoma. Her symptoms improved remarkably on initiation of chemotherapy and worsened on discontinuation of chemotherapy. Investigations: Neurological examination, MRI of the abdomen and lower extremities, whole-body fluorodeoxyglucose PET, pan-CT scan, electromyography, muscle biopsy, upper gastrointestinal tract radiography, esophagogastroduodenoscopy, and immunophenotyping (paraneoplastic, rheumatological and autoimmune diseases panels). Diagnosis: Paraneoplastic fasciitis-panniculitis syndrome associated with the recurrence of poorly differentiated signet ring gastric adenocarcinoma. Management: Chemotherapy of recurrent gastric adenocarcinoma and symptomatic management of painful spasms.
AB - Background: A 54-year-old woman who had undergone gastrectomy to treat gastric adenocarcinoma 5 years previously and had since been in remission presented to a neuromuscular clinic complaining of stiffening and painful spasms of the legs and abdomen. Repeat pan-CT scans and gastric biopsy confirmed the recurrence of poorly differentiated signet ring gastric adenocarcinoma. Her symptoms improved remarkably on initiation of chemotherapy and worsened on discontinuation of chemotherapy. Investigations: Neurological examination, MRI of the abdomen and lower extremities, whole-body fluorodeoxyglucose PET, pan-CT scan, electromyography, muscle biopsy, upper gastrointestinal tract radiography, esophagogastroduodenoscopy, and immunophenotyping (paraneoplastic, rheumatological and autoimmune diseases panels). Diagnosis: Paraneoplastic fasciitis-panniculitis syndrome associated with the recurrence of poorly differentiated signet ring gastric adenocarcinoma. Management: Chemotherapy of recurrent gastric adenocarcinoma and symptomatic management of painful spasms.
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U2 - 10.1038/ncpneuro0999
DO - 10.1038/ncpneuro0999
M3 - Article
C2 - 19194391
AN - SCOPUS:59849085561
SN - 1745-834X
VL - 5
SP - 113
EP - 117
JO - Nature Clinical Practice Neurology
JF - Nature Clinical Practice Neurology
IS - 2
ER -