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Atypical presentation of an elderly male with autoimmune encephalitis: anti-LG1 limbic encephalitis
Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2020 Introduction We present a case of an elderly male with anti-LG1 limbic encephalitis involving hypothalamus presenting with acute changes in mental status and persistent hyperthermia. Case report A 74-year-old male presented to the hospital with fever and
Binita Bhandari +5 more
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Voltage-Gated Potassium Channel Antibodies is a Sign of Limbic Encephalitis
Archives of Epilepsy, 2016 The cardinal symptoms of limbic encephalitis are amnesia, epileptic seizure and behavioural change. In addition to them, confusion, irritability, depression, sleep problems, hallucination and psychosis can be seen as symptoms.
Aylin BİCAN DEMİR +4 more
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Anti-GAD-associated limbic encephalitis: an unusual clinical manifestation from northwest of Ireland
The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery, 2020 We report an unusual manifestation of anti-GAD-associated limbic encephalitis in a 59-year-old man following pacemaker insertion for cardiac pauses. Clinically, the association of anti-GAD antibody with limbic encephalitis is rare.
Salman Mansoor, Kevin Murphy
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Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis in a patient with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma [PDF]
Archive of Oncology, 2004 Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis is uncommon neurological side effect of cancer in the absence of direct effect of primary tumor or metastasis, side effects of treatment or metabolic dysfunctions (6).
Semnic Marija +4 more
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Frontiers in Neurology, 2023 ObjectivePatients’ olfactory function after autoimmune encephalitis (AE) involving limbic structures may be impaired. This study aimed to characterize olfactory function in patients after autoimmune encephalitides.MethodsA case–control study was ...
Martin Hänsel +6 more
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Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2021 Background Limbic encephalitis (LE), a variant of autoimmune encephalitis, is inflammation of the limbic system of the brain. The disorder presents with subacute impairment of short-term memory, psychiatric manifestations, confusion and seizures ...
Ismail Ibrahim Ismail +2 more
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Rare paraneoplastic syndrome of prostatic cancer: limbic encephalitis: a case report
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2021 Introduction Limbic encephalitis is an autoimmune neurologic disorder, often of paraneoplastic origin, that seldom complicates prostatic tumors. The nonspecificity of symptoms makes the diagnosis sometimes difficult to establish. Prognosis is essentially
Omar Karray +9 more
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Non-herpetic Acute Limbic Encephalitis: a New Subgroup of Limbic Encephalitis?
Internal Medicine, 2004 Hiroshi Shoji1, Noriyuki Kimura2, Toshihide Kumamoto2, Takashi Ichiyama3 and Yukitoshi Takahashi4 1Division of Neurology, St. Mary Hospital, Fukuoka 830-8543, 2Department of Internal Medicine III, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Oita, 3Department of Pediatrics, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, 4National Epilepsy Center,
Kyoko Asaoka +4 more
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Anti-LGI1 antibody autoimmune encephalitis. Clinical case presentation and literature review
Neurologijos seminarai, 2021 Anti-leucine-rich glioma inactivated 1 (anti-LGI1) encephalitis is a rare autoimmune limbic encephalitis. As the clinical presentation of this disease is similar to other types of encephalitis most often associated with paraneoplastic process or ...
A. Stašaitytė +4 more
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Steroid-Responsive Limbic Encephalitis
Internal Medicine, 2003 A 71-year-old man presented with gradually progressing cognitive decline following acute febrile exanthematous disorder. The MRI showed an abnormality in the bilateral limbic systems. An elevation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) protein with lymphocyte pleocytosis was noted.
WATANABE, Yasuhiro +5 more
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