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. 2024 Jan 31;13(3):824. doi: 10.3390/jcm13030824

Table 2.

Clinical characteristic, laboratory, and neuroimaging findings of patients presenting with paraneoplastic neurological syndromes. Evaluation by use of the 2004 Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndrome Classification and the revised 2021 PNS-Care Diagnostic criteria [3,5].

Patient Sex Age Syndrome Antibody Tumor CSF Analysis MRI Brain 2004 Score PNS Score
1 F 50 Myasthenia gravis AchR, Ti Thymoma N/A Normal N/A N/A
2 F 56 Limbic encephalitis Ma2 Papillary thyroid carcinoma normal Normal Definite 7
3 M 87 Limbic encephalitis ΙgLON5 Adenocarcinoma of prostate normal Small vessel disease Definite 3
4 F 64 LEMS P/Q-VGCC Small-cell lung carcinoma N/A Normal Definite 9
5 F 70 Myasthenia gravis AchR Thymoma N/A Normal N/A N/A
6 M 80 LEMS,
Limbic encephalitis
Hu,
P/Q-VGCC
Small cell lung carcinoma Increased total protein level T2/FLAIR hyperintensity in left mesial temporal lobe Definite 10
7 F 85 Cerebellar Ataxia Yo Gastric adenocarcinoma Increased total nucleated cell count & elevated total protein level Greater degree of iron deposition in the posterior-lateral part of the lenticular nuclei and cerebellar atrophy Definite 6
8 M 77 LEMS Hu,
P/Q-VGCC
Non- small cell lung carcinoma N/A Normal Definite 10
9 M 78 Peripheral neuropathy Hu Small-cell lung carcinoma Elevated total protein level Normal Definite 10
10 M 27 Limbic encephalitis GAD65 Lymphohyperpla-stic disorder Increased total nucleated cell count Normal Definite 3
11 F 60 Myasthenia gravis AchR Thymoma N/A Normal N/A N/A
12 F 50 Myasthenia gravis AchR Thymoma N/A Normal N/A N/A
13 M 50 Cerebellar Ataxia Yo Papillary thyroid carcinoma Normal Cerebellar atrophy Definite 6

Abbreviations: M = male; F = female; AchR = muscle-type acetylcholine receptor binding antibodies; Ti = titin; GAD = glutamic acid decarboxylase; P/Q-VGCC = P/Q type voltage-gated calcium channel (VGCC) antibodies, LEMS = Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome; N/A = not applicable.