PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Dbouk, Mohamad B.
AU  - Nafissi, Shahriar
AU  - Ghorbani, Askar
TI  - Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy following malignant melanoma
DP  - 2012 Apr 01
TA  - Neurosciences Journal
PG  - 167--170
VI  - 17
IP  - 2
4099  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/17/2/167.short
4100  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/17/2/167.full
SO  - Neurosciences (Riyadh)2012 Apr 01; 17
AB  - Polyneuropathy has rarely been encountered in association with melanoma. Although this association may be a biologically plausible phenomenon considering the common embryonic origin of the melanocytes and Schwann cells with proven antibody cross reactivity, only few such cases have been reported so far. We report 2 new cases of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy in association with malignant melanoma, which we believe will add more evidence of this association. We also include a short review of the literature for similar cases.