anti-Purkinje cell antibody-2 (anti-PCA-2)

Etiology

• women with paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration
• associated with small cell lung carcinoma

Pathology

• encephalomyelitis
• cerebellar degeneration

More general terms

• paraneoplastic autoantibody

Additional terms

• anti-Purkinje cell antibody (anti-Yo)
• Purkinje cell cytoplasmic antibody (PCCA)