Table 1

 Classical and non-classical paraneoplastic neurological syndromes

Syndromes of the central nervous system
Encephalomyelitis
Limbic encephalitis
Brainstem encephalitis
Subacute cerebellar degeneration
Opsoclonus-myoclonus*
Optic neuritis†
Cancer associated retinopathy†
Melanoma associated retinopathy†
Stiff person syndrome
Necrotising myelopathy‡
Motor neuron diseases‡
Syndromes of the peripheral nervous system
Subacute sensory neuronopathy
Acute sensorimotor neuropathy
    Guillain-Barré syndrome‡
    Brachial neuritis‡
Subacute/chronic sensorimotor neuropathies*
Neuropathy and paraproteinaemia†
Neuropathy with vasculitis‡
Autonomic neuropathies
    Chronic gastrointestinal pseudo-obstruction
    Acute pandysautonomia‡
Syndromes of the neuromuscular junction and muscle
Classical syndromes are underlined.
*Associated with onconeural antibodies only with particular tumour types.
†Syndromes not included in the present recommendations.
‡Neurological syndromes not associated with known onconeural antibodies.
Myasthenia gravis†
Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome‡
Acquired neuromyotonia‡
Dermatomyositis‡
Acute necrotising myopathy‡