Abstract
Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis is a rare clinical entity, associated most often with the oat cell carcinoma of the lung. Clinically, it presents with affective changes in personality, memory loss, confusional state, hallucinations, and seizures; with dementia being the common feature as the disorder progresses. Response to treatment is disappointingly poor.
MeSH terms
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Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / diagnosis
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Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / etiology*
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Fatal Outcome
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Humans
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Limbic Encephalitis / complications*
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Limbic Encephalitis / diagnosis
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Limbic Encephalitis / psychology
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Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis
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Lung Neoplasms / etiology*
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Male
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Memory Disorders / etiology
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Middle Aged
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Paraneoplastic Syndromes / complications*
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Paraneoplastic Syndromes / diagnosis
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Paraneoplastic Syndromes / psychology
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Personality
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Radiography, Thoracic