Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis in a patient with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma | Zendy

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Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis in a patient with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Author(s) -

Marija Semnic,

Darjana Jovanovic,

Dragana Petrovic,

Ilinka Nadj,

Robert Semnic

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

archive of oncology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.104

H-Index - 13

eISSN - 1450-9520

pISSN - 0354-7310

DOI - 10.2298/aoo0401071s

Subject(s) - limbic encephalitis , pathognomonic , medicine , lymphoma , cancer , limbic system , pathology , encephalitis , hodgkin lymphoma , disease , immunology , central nervous system , virus

Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis is uncommon neurological side effect of cancer in the absence of direct effect of primary tumor or metastasis, side effects of treatment or metabolic dysfunctions (6). Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma triggers such side effect very rarely. We present a case of a young adult with complete clinical course of non- Hodgkin's lymphoma with an episode of behavioral disturbances and MRI features which were pathognomonic for paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis

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