Variant Guillain-Barré syndrome in a patient with Hodgkin lymphoma: AMSAN

Lymphomas are solid tumors characterized by the malignant proliferation of lymphoid cells. Neurologic signs encountered in patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma can be due to the direct spread of tumor to the nervous system, secondary to chemotherapy or radiation, secondary to tumor mass compression...

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Published in:Turk Pediatri Arsivi 2018-12, Vol.53 (4), p.263-266
Main Authors: Al, Işık Odaman, Koç, Başak, Bayram, Cengiz, Paslı, Ezgi Uysalol, Yıldız, Edibe Pembegül, Ayçiçek, Ali, Çalışkan, Mine, Özdemir, Gül Nihal
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Language:English
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Case Report
Guillain-Barre syndrome
Lymphoma
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Summary:Lymphomas are solid tumors characterized by the malignant proliferation of lymphoid cells. Neurologic signs encountered in patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma can be due to the direct spread of tumor to the nervous system, secondary to chemotherapy or radiation, secondary to tumor mass compression, infectious causes and paraneoplastic syndromes. Paraneoplastic neurologic syndromes are rarely encountered in patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Except for paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration in Hodgkin's lymphoma and dermato/polymyositis in both Hodgkin's lymphoma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, other paraneoplastic syndromes are uncommon and have only been reported as isolated case reports or short series. Here, we present a patient with Hodgkin's lymphoma with symptoms of bilateral lower extremity weakness and loss of sensation before the start of therapy, who was eventually diagnosed as having motor and sensory axonal neuropathy.
ISSN:1306-0015
1308-6278
2757-6256
DOI:10.5152/TurkPediatriArs.2018.4763