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Novel brainstem syndrome associated with prostate carcinoma

R W Baloh1, S E DeRossett, T F Cloughesy

  • 1Department of Neurology, UCLA Medical Center.

Neurology
|December 1, 1993
PubMed
Summary

Two patients with prostate cancer developed a rare neurological syndrome affecting eye movements and causing muscle spasms. Postmortem studies revealed autoimmune damage in the brainstem, suggesting a paraneoplastic process.

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