PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - McCabe, D. J.H.
AU  - Turner, N. C.
AU  - Chao, D.
AU  - Leff, A.
AU  - Gregson, N. A.
AU  - Womersley, H. J.
AU  - Mak, I.
AU  - Perkin, G. D.
AU  - Schapira, A. H.V.
TI  - Paraneoplastic “stiff person syndrome” with metastatic adenocarcinoma and anti-Ri antibodies
AID  - 10.1212/01.WNL.0000123694.64121.D5
DP  - 2004 Apr 27
TA  - Neurology
PG  - 1402--1404
VI  - 62
IP  - 8
4099  - http://n.neurology.org/content/62/8/1402.short
4100  - http://n.neurology.org/content/62/8/1402.full
SO  - Neurology2004 Apr 27; 62
AB  - A 43-year-old woman presented with clinical and electrophysiologic features of stiff person syndrome (SPS), without abdominal or lumbar paraspinal muscle involvement. Investigations revealed metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung with positive anti-Ri antibodies. Her clinical condition improved with diazepam, baclofen, tizanidine, and palliative chemotherapy. Screening for an underlying malignancy and anti-Ri antibodies should be considered in patients with SPS when clinical presentation is atypical.