Department of Neurology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Priority Area Asthma and Allergy, Research Center Borstel, Airway Research Center North (ARCN), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Borstel, Germany.
Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2021 Feb;8(2):498-503. doi: 10.1002/acn3.51283. Epub 2021 Jan 5.
Paraneoplastic autoimmune encephalitis (PAE) represents a group of rare neurological syndromes associated with neoplastic diseases. Here, we report a case that multiple anti-neuronal antibodies were present in a patient with PAE who developed both small cell lung cancer and colorectal adenocarcinoma. Furthermore, the immunopathological investigation of the colorectal adenocarcinoma revealed the formation of abnormal neuronal antigens and a massive infiltration of plasma cells in the tumor tissue. These findings support the hypothesis that expression of neuronal antigens in neoplasm initiates autoimmune responses in PAE.
副肿瘤性自身免疫性脑炎 (PAE) 是一组与肿瘤性疾病相关的罕见神经综合征。在这里,我们报告了一例 PAE 患者,该患者同时患有小细胞肺癌和结直肠腺癌,体内存在多种抗神经元抗体。此外,对结直肠腺癌的免疫病理学研究显示,肿瘤组织中形成了异常的神经元抗原和大量浆细胞浸润。这些发现支持了这样一种假说,即在肿瘤中神经元抗原的表达引发了 PAE 中的自身免疫反应。