Chorea and dystonia: A remote effect of carcinoma A videotape segment accompanies this article.

Abstract

A 45-year-old women with an acquired multifocal neurologic syndrome, including chorea, dystonia, cerebellar dysfunction, multiple cranial neuropathies, and pure sensory neuropathy, was found at autopsy to have oat cell carcinoma. Neuropathologic examination revealed serveral features typically associated with remote effects of malignancy on the nervous system. We believe that this is the first described case of chorea as a remote effect of malignancy.