An uncommon presentation of paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis.


Journal

Journal of neuroimmunology
ISSN: 1872-8421
Titre abrégé: J Neuroimmunol
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 8109498

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
04 Nov 2020
Historique:
received: 10 10 2020
accepted: 02 11 2020
pubmed: 17 11 2020
medline: 17 11 2020
entrez: 16 11 2020
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis (PLE) is a rare disease with established diagnostic criteria. We describe a case of an uncommon presentation of PLE in a female who presented with a one- year duration of short-term memory loss and mild behavioral changes who was eventually diagnosed with PLE associated with breast cancer. Our case demonstrates atypical presentation of PLE, with chronic presentation and an uncharacteristic mild neurological symptoms. This case aims to highlight the importance of a diagnostic work up of autoimmune encephalitis in selected cases that does not present with common diagnostic criteria.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33197844
pii: S0165-5728(20)30698-6
doi: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2020.577437
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

577437

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Yoel Schwartzmann (Y)

Department of Neurology, Tel Aviv medical center, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Yael Paran (Y)

Infectious Disease Unit, Tel Aviv medical center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Encephalitis Center, Tel Aviv medical center, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Orna Aizenstein (O)

Encephalitis Center, Tel Aviv medical center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Departent of Radiology, Tel Aviv medical center, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Yifat Alcalay (Y)

Encephalitis Center, Tel Aviv medical center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Immunology Laboratory, Tel-Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Avi Gadoth (A)

Department of Neurology, Tel Aviv medical center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Encephalitis Center, Tel Aviv medical center, Tel Aviv, Israel. Electronic address: avig@tlvmc.gov.il.

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