Peripheral nerve hyperexcitability (PNH): causes
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Peripheral nerve hyperexcitability (PNH): causes. Thymoma, Thyroid cancer, Hodgkin lymphoma, Renal cell carcinoma. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Paraneoplastic causes
- Thymoma
- Thyroid cancer
- Hodgkin lymphoma
- Renal cell carcinoma
- Ovarian cancer
Immune causes
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Genetic causes
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Axonopathies
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Drug-induced and toxic causes
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Infectious causes
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Miscellaneous causes
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References
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- Rubio-Agusti I, Perez-Miralles F, Sevilla T, et al. Peripheral nerve hyperexcitability: a clinical and immunological study of 38 patients. Neurology 2011; 76:172-178.
- Issa SS, Herskovitz S, Lipton RB. Acquired neuromyotonia as a paraneoplastic manifestation of ovarian cancer. Neurology 2011; 76:100-101.
- Wilson RH, Lehky T, Thomas RR, Quinn MG, Floeter MK, Grem JL. Acute oxaliplatin-induced peripheral nerve hyperexcitability. J Clin Oncol 2002; 20:1767-1774.
- Bolamperti L, Mula M, Varrasi C, et al. Generalized peripheral nerve hyperexcitability associated with lithium. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 2009; 21:3.
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