Thymic Carcinoma Associated with Cerebellar Degeneration
  • Irene García Cuartero
    Department of Internal Medicine, Albacete University Hospital, Albacete, Spain
  • Mónica Rodríguez Galdeano
    Department of Internal Medicine, Villarrobledo General Hospital, Villarrobledo, Albacete, Spain
  • Montserrat Pérez Pinar
    Department of Internal Medicine, Villarrobledo General Hospital, Villarrobledo, Albacete, Spain
  • Julián Solís García del Pozo
    Department of Internal Medicine, Villarrobledo General Hospital, Villarrobledo, Albacete, Spain

Keywords

Thymic carcinoma, cerebellar degeneration, paraneoplastic syndrome

Abstract

We present the case of a 57-year-old man with ataxia and clinical and radiological features of cerebellar degeneration. A computed tomography showed a mediastinal mass. The patient was diagnosed of thymic carcinoma. paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration is an unfrequent disorder, and its association with thymic carcinoma is very rare.

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    Published: 2018-01-05
    Issue: Vol. 5 No. 3 (view)

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    García Cuartero I, Rodríguez Galdeano M, Pérez Pinar M, Solís García del Pozo J. Thymic Carcinoma Associated with Cerebellar Degeneration. EJCRIM 2018;5 doi:10.12890/2018_000780.

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