AUTHOR=Su Yana , Cui Li , Zhu Mingqin , Liang Yixuan , Zhang Ying 

TITLE=Progressive Encephalomyelitis With Rigidity and Myoclonus With Thymoma: A Case Report and Literature Review

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Neurology

VOLUME=11

YEAR=2020

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neurology/articles/10.3389/fneur.2020.01017

DOI=10.3389/fneur.2020.01017

ISSN=1664-2295

ABSTRACT=<p>Progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity and myoclonus (PERM) is part of the variant type of the Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) and is a rare neurological disease. We report here a patient with PERM who had thymoma and was positive for anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase (anti-GAD) antibodies. Her symptoms improved after treatment with hormones and gamma globulin. We also summarized the literature review of patients with PERM accompanied by tumors reported.</p>