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Ataxia due to paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration

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Link to WHO Definition

Ataxia due to paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/64596902

Ataxia which is due to the remote effect of an occult and can pre-date the diagnosis of cancer. Malignancies commonly implicated include breast, ovarian, small cell lung cancer and Hodgkin's lymphoma. A range of onconeural antibodies associated with the cancers cause the syndrome.