title: Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis--case report and review of literature.
abstract: We report a 77-year old man who presented with a sub-acute dementia associated with aggressive behaviour, ataxia, rapid progression and death. No cause for his illness could be detected in his lifetime, but at post mortem he was found to have paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis and a bronchogenic tumour. A diagnosis of paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of unexplained dementias and appropriate investigations performed to diagnose the condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cerebrovascular Medicine & Medicine for the Elderly, Leicester General Hospital, University Hospital of Leicester, Gwendolen Road, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK. sunil.munshi@uhl-tr.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Sunil K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Munshi
authors.forename: Bhomraj
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Thanvi
authors.forename: Su Kiun
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Chin
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hubbard
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fletcher
authors.forename: Tony R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Vallance
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D020363:Limbic Encephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male