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An unusual case of dementia: a case of paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis secondary to a non‐small cell lung cancer
Author(s) -
WOOD Alice,
LOCKINGTON Timothy
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
psychogeriatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.647
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1479-8301
pISSN - 1346-3500
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-8301.2005.00085.x
Subject(s) - limbic encephalitis , pathological , lung cancer , dementia , medicine , encephalitis , limbic system , pathology , cancer , epidemiology , disease , immunology , virus , central nervous system
This case report accounts the history of a 71‐year‐old man who presented with a 1‐month history of cognitive decline, the diagnosis of which was only made at post‐mortem, and was found to be paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis secondary to an unsuspected non‐small cell lung cancer. The epidemiology, clinical and pathological features of paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis are then discussed, as are potential mechanisms by which the condition may be produced.