Table 1.
Onconeuronal antibody | Psychiatric manifestation | Neurologic findings | MRI | Treatment |
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Hu | Short-term memory loss, ‘confusion’, Wernicke Korsakow-like manifestation | Seizures | Mesial temporal lobe changes, extralimbic manifestations | Immunomodulation, steroids, cyclophosphamide tumour treatment |
Ma2 | Short-term memory loss, less confusion Panic reactions, ‘nervous breakdown’, obsessive–compulsive disorders | Brainstem involvement, hypothalamic dysfunction, diencephalic syndrome, sleep dysregulation (excessive daytime sleepiness) | Mesial temporal lobe | Improvement and stabilization can occur following tumour treatment |
CV2/CRMP | Cognitive defects, manic mood, obsessive compulsive disorders, Depression, Personality changes | Chorea extrapyramidal disorders, apraxia, optic neuropathy, disorder of smell and taste | Changes may occur | Unclear* |
Anti-amphiphysin | Short-term memory loss, ‘confusion’, Wernicke Korsakow-like | Myoclonus, rigidity, stiff person syndrome | Unclear* |
PubMed search with CV2, CRMP5, amphiphysin with ‘limbic’ and ‘treatment’ yielded no results, with only reviews available.