Paraneoplastic dystonia and spastic ataxia syndrome as a manifestation of oral carcinoma: An evolving story :Saman Fatima, Aanchal Kakkar, Madhavi Tripathi, Deepti Vibha, Rajesh K Singh, Manjari Tripathi, Arunmozhimaran Elavarasi, Annals of Movement Disorders

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Year : 2022 | Volume : 5 | Issue : 3 | Page : 194--197

Paraneoplastic dystonia and spastic ataxia syndrome as a manifestation of oral carcinoma: An evolving story

Saman Fatima¹, Aanchal Kakkar², Madhavi Tripathi³, Deepti Vibha¹, Rajesh K Singh¹, Manjari Tripathi¹, Arunmozhimaran Elavarasi¹
¹ Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
² Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
³ Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Correspondence Address:
Dr. Arunmozhimaran Elavarasi
Room no 706, Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi - 110 029
India

Paraneoplastic syndromes are a heterogeneous group of disorders that present with varied symptoms in the presence of a tumor but are unrelated to the growth of primary malignancies, invasiveness, or metastases. Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes are estimated to affect <1% of the patients with cancer. They are commonly associated with small-cell lung carcinoma and hematologic and gynecologic malignancies and are rarely observed in head and neck malignancies. The diagnosis of paraneoplastic neurological syndromes may precede, be concurrent with, or follow the diagnosis of a malignant tumor. In this report, we present the case of a 55-year-old man who presented with rapidly progressive spastic ataxia and neurobehavioral symptoms with a background of longstanding cervical dystonia, which subacutely progressed to generalized dystonia. The patient was diagnosed with oral squamous cell carcinoma.

How to cite this article:
Fatima S, Kakkar A, Tripathi M, Vibha D, Singh RK, Tripathi M, Elavarasi A. Paraneoplastic dystonia and spastic ataxia syndrome as a manifestation of oral carcinoma: An evolving story.Ann Mov Disord 2022;5:194-197

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Fatima S, Kakkar A, Tripathi M, Vibha D, Singh RK, Tripathi M, Elavarasi A. Paraneoplastic dystonia and spastic ataxia syndrome as a manifestation of oral carcinoma: An evolving story. Ann Mov Disord [serial online] 2022 [cited 2023 Jun 1 ];5:194-197
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