title: MR imaging of autopsy-proved paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis in non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
abstract: We report the case of a 26-year-old man with precursor T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia who developed paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis that was diagnosed on the basis of MR imaging findings and was proved post mortem. In our MR imaging studies, fluid-attenuated inversion recovery images and diffusion-weighted echo-planar images clearly depicted bilateral involvement of the medial temporal lobes and multifocal involvement of the brain, whereas T2-weighted turbo spin-echo images failed to show the changes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thuerl
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Jörg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Laubenberger
authors.forename: Benedikt
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Volk
authors.forename: Mathias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Langer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D017352:Echo-Planar Imaging; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D015459:Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D017254:Leukemic Infiltration; D020363:Limbic Encephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology