Paraneoplastic extralimbic encephalitis associated with thymoma and myastenia gravis: Three years follow up

Approximately 10-15% of the patients have other PNS, like limbic encephalitis, neuromyotonia, peripheral neuropathy, inflammatory myopathy, subacute hearing loss, psychosis, sleep disorders and stiff-person syndrome. In one case, thymoma and ELE was accompanied with stiff-person syndrome [4]. Since...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical neurology and neurosurgery 2013-05, Vol.115 (5), p.628-631
Hauptverfasser:	Aysal, F, Baybas, S, Selçuk, H.H, Sozmen, V, Ozturk, M, Kucukoglu, H, Urer, N.H
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anticonvulsants - therapeutic use Aphasia Autoimmune diseases Cholinesterase Inhibitors - therapeutic use Electroencephalography Extralimbic encephalitis Follow-Up Studies Magnetic Resonance Imaging Myastenia gravis Myasthenia Gravis - complications Neurology Neurosurgery Paraneoplastic Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Nervous System - complications Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Nervous System - diagnosis Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Nervous System - drug therapy Pathogenesis Patients Piracetam - analogs & derivatives Piracetam - therapeutic use Pyridostigmine Bromide - therapeutic use Seizures - etiology Thymectomy Thymoma Thymoma - complications Thymus Neoplasms - complications Tomography, X-Ray Computed Treatment Outcome
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Zusammenfassung:	Approximately 10-15% of the patients have other PNS, like limbic encephalitis, neuromyotonia, peripheral neuropathy, inflammatory myopathy, subacute hearing loss, psychosis, sleep disorders and stiff-person syndrome. In one case, thymoma and ELE was accompanied with stiff-person syndrome [4]. Since the symptoms are not specific, diagnosis in ELE related to thymoma is quite hard to detect.
ISSN:	0303-8467 1872-6968
DOI:	10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.06.016