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. 2012 Oct;19(5):e353–e357. doi: 10.3747/co.19.1007

TABLE I.

Classification of paraneoplastic neurologic syndromes

Region Syndrome
Central nervous system
Encephalomyelitisa
Limbic encephalitisa
Brainstem encephalitis
Subacute cerebellar degenerationa
Opsoclonus–myoclonusa
Optic neuritis
Stiff-person syndrome
Necrotizing myelopathy
Motor neuron diseases
Peripheral nervous system
Subacute sensory neuronopathya
Subacute or chronic sensorimotor neuropathies
Neuropathy with vasculitis
Chronic gastrointestinal pseudo-obstruction
Neuromuscular junction and muscle
Myasthenia gravis
Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndromea
Acquired neuromyotonia
Dermatomyositis
Acute necrotizing myopathy
a

Classical syndromes.