Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis associated with bronchogenic carcinoma: a case report.
Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis is a rare clinical entity, associated most often with the oat cell carcinoma of the lung. Clinically, it presents with affective changes in personality, memory loss, confusional state, hallucinations, and seizures; with dementia being the common feature as the disorder progresses. Response to treatment is disappointingly poor.
Wani
M A
MA
Department of Neurology, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, 190 011, India.
Dar
J A
JA
Khan
M A
MA
Rehman
A
A
D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D020363:Limbic Encephalitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D010551:Personality; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic