Resolution of limbic encephalitis with detection and treatment of lung cancer: clinical-radiological correlation.
Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis may develop in the setting of an otherwise occult malignancy. In the case reported here, the neuropsychiatric syndrome resolved with treatment of the underlying, previously undiagnosed small-cell lung cancer, and MR imaging showed resolution of the characteristic temporal lobe signal abnormalities.
Messori
Anna
A
Department of Neuroradiology, Ospedale Umberto I e Università degli Studi di Ancona, via Conca, Torrette, 60020 Ancona, Italy.
Lanza
Cecilia
C
Serio
Antonio
A
Salvolini
Ugo
U
D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020363:Limbic Encephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging