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Serum from a patient with paraneoplastic encephalomyelitis (PEM) and small cell lung cancer (SCLC) showed high titer immunohistochemical staining of the axon initial segment (AIS) on rat and human brain sections. EM studies showed that the antigen was localized in close proximity of the microtubules in the AIS. Double labeling experiments and absence of staining at the nodes of Ranvier excluded the...
Anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody (rituximab) is effectively used in the treatment of B-cell lymphomas. Recent reports in the literature suggest that antibody associated autoimmune disorders may respond to rituximab. We therefore treated nine patients with anti-Hu or anti-Yo associated paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (PNS) with a maximum of four monthly IV infusions of rituximab (375mg/m2). In...
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