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Anti‐Hu antibody‐mediated limbic encephalitis associated with cervical cancer: A case report
Author(s) -
Shin Kyong Jin,
Ji Yong Il
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 1341-8076
DOI - 10.1111/jog.13619
Subject(s) - medicine , limbic encephalitis , cervical cancer , pathology , encephalitis , antibody , fornix , cancer , biopsy , immunology , autoantibody , hippocampus , virus
A 55‐year‐old postmenopausal and multiparous woman presented to our department with recent memory disturbances associated with rapidly progressive positive Anti‐Hu antibodies. She was subsequently diagnosed with anti‐Hu antibody‐related paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis. Clinical examination and imaging studies revealed a bulky cervical tumor with both parametrial and vaginal fornix extension; biopsy confirmed the tumor as cervical squamous cell carcinoma. In this case, we encountered a patient with anti‐Hu‐mediated paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis with a subsequent diagnosis of cervical cancer.