RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy following malignant melanoma
JF Neurosciences Journal
JO Neurosciences (Riyadh)
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 167
OP 170
VO 17
IS 2
A1 Dbouk, Mohamad B.
A1 Nafissi, Shahriar
A1 Ghorbani, Askar
YR 2012
UL http://nsj.org.sa/content/17/2/167.abstract
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.