title: Pulvinar sign in a case of anti-HU paraneoplastic encephalitis.
abstract: This article reports the case of a 68-year-old patient with anti-HU antibodies paraneoplastic encephalitis. The clinical manifestations were atypical and the paraclinical work-up, notably the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showing bilateral posterior thalamic hyperintensities (pulvinar sign), misleadingly pointed towards a variant Creutzfeld-Jakob disease. After presenting the case, the differential diagnosis of the pulvinar sign is discussed along with other important diagnostic considerations.
authors: Centre Hospitalier de L'Enfant-Jésus, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Canada pierre-luc.gamache.1@ulaval.ca.
authors: Pierre-Luc
authors: PL
authors: Gamache
authors: Centre Hospitalier de L'Enfant-Jésus, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Canada.
authors: Maude-Marie
authors: MM
authors: Gagnon
authors: Centre Hospitalier de L'Enfant-Jésus, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Canada.
authors: Martin
authors: M
authors: Savard
authors: Centre Hospitalier de L'Enfant-Jésus, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Canada.
authors: François
authors: F
authors: Émond
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000906:Antibodies / Q000378:metabolism*; D051959:ELAV Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D020361:Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Nervous System / Q000473:pathology*; D020649:Pulvinar / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D051959:ELAV Proteins
keywords: Encephalitis; paraneoplastic; prion disease