[Hodgkin's disease manifesting as paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis].
BACKGROUND
Malignancy is a possible cause of unexplained encephalitis.


METHODS
We describe a 59-years-old woman with limbic encephalitis, not explained by other causes, preceding diagnosis of Hodgkin's disease. Successful treatment of Hodgkin's disease was effective against neurological disturbance.


CONCLUSIONS
This case provides evidence that Hodgkin's disease can be uncovered by paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis.
Bernard
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Service de médecine interne, hôpital d'instruction des armées Legouest, 27, avenue des Plantières, 57998 Armées, Metz, France. philippe.bernard4@wanadoo.fr
Vinzio
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Talarmin
F
F
Kadouri
A
A
Flocard
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F
D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D001761:Bleomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D020363:Limbic Encephalitis / Q000209:etiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008466:Mechlorethamine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011344:Procarbazine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014747:Vinblastine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014750:Vincristine / Q000627:therapeutic use
D001761:Bleomycin; D011344:Procarbazine; D008466:Mechlorethamine; D014750:Vincristine; D014747:Vinblastine; D004317:Doxorubicin; D011241:Prednisone
Encéphalite limbique révélatrice d'une maladie de Hodgkin.