Paraneoplastic syndrome manifesting as chronic cerebellar ataxia in a child with Hodgkin disease

J Pediatr. 1992 Feb;120(2 Pt 1):275-7. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(05)80443-3.

Abstract

An 8-year-old boy had nausea and vomiting associated with nystagmus, ataxia, and dysarthria of acute onset. Three years later he had a mass in the anterior mediastinum as a result of Hodgkin disease of mixed cellularity. This association of paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration with Hodgkin disease has been described in adults.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cerebellar Ataxia / complications*
  • Cerebellar Ataxia / diagnosis
  • Child
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Hodgkin Disease / complications*
  • Hodgkin Disease / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Paraneoplastic Syndromes / diagnosis*