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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, Jovanović Darjana V., Petrović Dragana, Nađ Ilinka, Semnic Robert   +4 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, Sven Tolner, Naïm Yarak, Maguy Cherfan, Mihaela Dana Cosma, Walid Sleiman, Philippe Niclot, Jean Louis Dubost, Patrick Coloby, Stéphane Bart   +9 more
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Olfactory dysfunction after autoimmune encephalitis depending on the antibody type and limbic MRI pathologies

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, Martin Hänsel, Henning Schmitz-Peiffer, Antje Hähner, Heinz Reichmann, Hauke Schneider, Hauke Schneider   +6 more
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Seronegative limbic encephalitis manifesting as subacute amnestic syndrome: a case report and review of the literature

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, Fahad Alnaser, Jasem Y. Al-Hashel   +2 more
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Limbic encephalitis: Not a picture to forget [PDF]

Neurology, 2004
A 36-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with three generalized seizures following 5 days of pyrexia. Over the subsequent week she had clouded consciousness, further generalized convulsions, and visual …
Chinnery PF, Cottrell DA, Birchall D, Griffiths TD   +3 more
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GAD65 Antibody ELISA With Extended Reportable Range: Validation and Guidance for Neurological Practice

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To (1) validate GAD65‐ELISA detection and quantification for type 1 diabetes mellitus and autoimmune neurological diagnoses, (2) correlate ELISA results (reference range < 5 IU/mL) with established radioimmunoprecipitation assay (RIA; ≤ 0.02 nmol/L), and (3) define ELISA clinical utility and pitfalls.
Andrew McKeon, Dana Olofson, Diana Anissian, Divyanshu Dubey, Eoin P. Flanagan, Max C. Herman, Sarosh R. Irani, Daniel H. Lachance, Maria A. Willrich, Sean Pittock, John R. Mills, Anastasia Zekeridou   +11 more
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A case of anti-VGKC antibody encephalitis and prolonged encephalopathy despite spontaneous resolution of imaging abnormalities

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2020
Anti-voltage-gated potassium channel (anti-VGKC) antibody encephalitis is a common form of autoimmune encephalitis (AE). AE is usually associated with autoimmune diseases or paraneoplastic phenomena such as seen in small cell lung cancer.
Victoria Novoselova, Vikas Kumar, Niranjan N. Singh, Alexandre Lacasse   +3 more
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Human Pegivirus Encephalitis With Brain Detection and Response to Sofosbuvir Ledipasvir

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Human pegivirus (HPgV‐1) has been associated with severe encephalomyelitis in immunocompromised patients. Its neurological spectrum remains poorly defined. We report a slowly progressive encephalitis in a person living with well‐controlled HIV, characterized by white matter abnormalities and inflammatory cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). HPgV RNA was
Antoine Moulignier, Françoise Heran, Francis Lallemand, Pierre Bourdillon   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis revealing a small cell carcinoma of the lung

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2019
Introduction: Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis is a rare disease, usually associated with small cell lung cancer. Case report: We report in this publication the cases with different age brackets, who presented with various neurological symptoms such as
Marwa Kacem, Nidhal Belloumi, Imene Bachouche, Mariem Mersni, Fatma Chermiti Ben Abdallah, Soraya Fenniche   +5 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 , T. Vanagas , V. Danielius , G. Jurkevičienė , R. Balnytė   +4 more
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