Metastatic “Burned Out” Seminoma Causing Neurological Paraneoplastic Syndrome—Not Quite “Burned Out”

A 44-year-old man presented with cerebellar ataxia and limbic encephalitis and was ultimately diagnosed with metastatic germ cell neoplasm resulting from a “burned out” primary testicular tumor. The patient had progressive ataxia, leading to a thorough investigation for infectious, autoimmune, metab...

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Main Authors: Yuval Freifeld, Payal Kapur, Ritika Chitkara, Francesca Lee, Pravin Khemani, Aditya Bagrodia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2018.00020/full