Rapidly Progressive Paraneoplastic Brain Stem Encephalitis With Anti-Hu Antibodies And An Occult Small Cell Carcinoma: An Autopsy Case Report

We report the case of a 67-year-old male who died of complications from paraneoplastic brain stem encephalitis secondary to an occult small cell carcinoma with high anti-Hu antibody titers. The decedent, whose medical history included 50 years of smoking, presented to the emergency department with 3-4 …