Table 1

Main paraneoplastic neurological syndromes and associated antibodies

Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes
Frequency of paraneoplastic origin
Main associated tumors
Main frequent associated paraneoplastic antibodies

LEMS
60%
SCLC
VGCC-Ab*
Subacute cerebellar ataxia
50%
Ovary, breast
SCLC
Hodgkin's disease
Others
Yo-Ab (PCA1-Ab**)
Hu-Ab (ANNA1-Ab**)
CV2-Ab (CRMP5-Ab**)
Tr-Ab
Ma-Ab (Ta-Ab**)
Opsomyoclonus
20%
Neuroblastoma
Breast, lung
Hu-Ab (ANNA1-Ab**)
Ri-Ab (ANNA2-Ab**)
Sensory neuronopathy
20%
SCLC
Hu-Ab (ANNA1-Ab**)
CV2-Ab (CRMP5-Ab**)
Limbic encephalitis
20%
SCLC
Testicular
SCLC
Hu-Ab (ANNA1-Ab**)
CV2-Ab (CRMP5-Ab**)
Ma2-Ab (Ta-Ab**)
Amphiphysin-Ab
Encephalomyelitis
10%
SCLC Others
Hu-Ab (ANNA1-Ab**)
CV2-Ab (CRMP5-Ab**)
Amphiphysin-Ab
Ma2-Ab (Ta-Ab**)
Retinopathy
NA
SCLC
Melanoma
Recoverin-Ab
CV2-Ab (CRMP5-Ab**)
Rod-bipolar-cell-Ab
Stiff-person syndrome
20%
Breast
Amphiphysin-Ab
Chronic gastrointestinal pseudoobstruction
NA
SCLC
Hu-Ab (ANNA1-Ab**)
CV2-Ab (CRMP5-Ab**)

*VGCC-Ab are not really paraneoplastic antibodies because they are involved in LEMS but are not independent on the presence of a tumor

**Alternative nomenclature which can be found in the literature

Honnorat and Antoine Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2007 2:22   doi:10.1186/1750-1172-2-22