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Paraneoplastic basal ganglia encephalitis associated with anti-CV2/CRMP-5 and anti-Yo antibodies in a patient with non-small-cell lung cancer

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  1. 1st Department of Neurology, Aeginition Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, 72 Vas. Sofias Ave, 11528, Athens, Greece

    Aigli Vakrakou, Vasilios C. Constantinides, John S. Tzartos, Leonidas Stefanis, Elisabeth Kapaki & George P. Paraskevas

  2. 2nd Department of Radiology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece

    George Velonakis

  3. Tzartos NeuroDiagnostics, Athens, Greece

    John S. Tzartos

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Supplementary Figure 1

Selected cervical and thoracic spine MRI images of the patient at disease diagnosis. A: T2-weighted sagittal image of cervical spine without intramedullary lesions. B: T1-weighted sagittal image with Gd of cervical spine without Gd-enhancing lesions. C. A: T2-weighted sagittal image of thoracic spine without intramedulallry lesions. Of note, severe scoliosis of thoracic spine is evident. (PNG 681 kb).

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Vakrakou, A., Constantinides, V.C., Velonakis, G. et al. Paraneoplastic basal ganglia encephalitis associated with anti-CV2/CRMP-5 and anti-Yo antibodies in a patient with non-small-cell lung cancer. Neurol Sci 41, 2649–2651 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-020-04399-1

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