Journal article
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy associated with malignant melanoma
Neurology, Vol.46(3), pp.822-824
1996
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.46.3.822
PMID: 8618691
Abstract
We report three patients who developed chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) in association with malignant melanoma. In two cases, melanoma was discovered during the initial evaluation for neuropathy. Two patients also had vitiligo, an antibody-mediated disorder that may complicate melanoma. Melanoma cells and Schwann cells are both of neuroectodermal cell origin, with shared surface antigens. Shared immunoreactivity may account for the association between melanoma and CIDP, as with vitiligo.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy associated with malignant melanoma
- Creators
- Shawn J Bird - Department of Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United StatesMark J Brown - Department of Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United StatesMichael E Shy - Department of Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United StatesSteven S Scherer - Department of Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Neurology, Vol.46(3), pp.822-824
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Hagerstown, MD
- DOI
- 10.1212/WNL.46.3.822
- PMID
- 8618691
- ISSN
- 0028-3878
- eISSN
- 1526-632X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1996
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Molecular Physiology and Biophysics; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984020850102771
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