A case of pulmonary small cell carcinoma with paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration

Abstract

The patient was a 70-year-old man who complained of difficulty in walking. A chest radiograph showed a tumor in the right hilar field. He was diagnosed with non-small cell lung carcinoma with paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration. To improve neurologic symptoms, he underwent resection of the tumor. The paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration was refractory, but his symptoms disappeared after surgery.