Anti CV2/CRMP5 antibody paraneoplastic syndrome: clinical features

Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .

Anti CV2/CRMP5 antibody paraneoplastic syndrome: clinical features. Small cell lung cancer (SCLC), Thymoma. Fully referenced neurology checklist.

Typical associated tumours

  • Small cell lung cancer (SCLC)
  • Thymoma

Other associated tumours

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Encephalitic features

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Movement disorders

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Ophthalmic features

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Peripheral neuropathy (PN)

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Other clinical features

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Acronym

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References

  1. De Beukelaar JW, Smitt PAS. Managing paraneoplastic neurological disorders. Oncologist 2006; 11:292-305.
  2. Graus F, Delattre JY, Antoine, et al. Recommended diagnostic criteria for paraneoplastic neurological syndromes. JNNP 2004; 75:1235-1240.
  3. Helgason VÞ, Qureshi PAAA, Bollineni VR, Þórarinsson BL, Arkink EB. Anti-CV2/collapsin response mediator protein 5 (CRMP5) paraneoplastic encephalitis induced by small cell lung cancer. Cureus 2023; 15:e34323.
  4. Cross SA, Salomao DR, Parisi JE, et al. Paraneoplastic autoimmune optic neuritis with retinitis defined by CRMP-5-IgG. Ann Neurol 2003; 54:38-50. 
  5. Jarius S, Wandinger KP, Borowski K, Stoecker W, Wildemann B. Antibodies to CV2/CRMP5 in neuromyelitis optica-like disease: case report and review of the literature. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2012; 114:331-335.
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