Table 1.
Paraneoplastic Neurologic Disorder Patient Characteristics
| Patient ID | Age, yr | Antibody | Tumor Type | Neurological Symptoms | Time from Diagnosis, months | CSF WBC/μl | CSF Total Cells Seen (maximum of 100) | CSF Lymphocytes (subset of total cells seen) | CSF RBC/μl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0312 | 58 | Yo | Ovarian | Cerebellar/brainstem syndrome | 8 | 2 | 38 | 36 | 13 |
| 0611 | 73 | Hu | SCLC | Sensory neuropathy | 6 | 6 | 100 | 88 | None seen |
| 0304 | 57 | Yo | Ovarian | PCD | 8 | None seen | None seen | None seen | 10 |
| 0308 | 61 | Hu | SCLC | Peripheral neuropathy/pancerebellar syndrome | 12 | 2 | 82 | 72 | 1 |
| 0508 | 60 | Yo | Unknown primary | PCD | 1 | 9 | 100 | 94 | None seen |
| 0603 | 74 | Yo | Ovarian and breast | PCD, sensory and motor neuropathy | 3 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 3 |
| 0318 | 59 | Yo | Ovarian | PCD | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 2 |
| 0615 | 45 | Yo | Ovarian | PCD | 1 | 51 | 100 | 87 | 10 |
CSF = cerebrospinal fluid; PCD = paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration; RBC = red blood cells; SCLC = small cell lung cancer; WBC = white blood cells.