Table 1 Patient’s characteristics
Characteristics | Females (number) | Age (years) | Duration of symptoms (months) | Symptoms preceeding malignancy (number) | Malignancy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All tumors (number) | Lung cancer (number) | |||||
All patients | 11/18 | 61 (48–76) | 4 (1–36) | 15/18 | 16/18 | 14/18 |
Peripheral neuropathy | 5/8 | 59 (54–76) | 3 (1–36) | 7/8 | 7/8 | 5/8 |
Encephalitis | 6/10 | 61 (48–74) | 4 (1–15) | 8/10 | 9/10 | 9/10 |
Rhombencephalitis | 3/7 | 61 (48–73) | 13 (3–15) | 6/7 | 6/7 | 6/7 |
Limbic encephalitis | 3/3 | 55, 61, 74 | 1, 3, 4 | 2/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 |
p value | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 |