Autoimmune Limbic Encephalitis: A Review of Clinicoradiological Features and the Challenges of Diagnosis.
| Autor: | Ding JB; Internal Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, AUS.; Internal Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, AUS., Dongas J; Internal Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, AUS., Hu K; Internal Medicine, Lyell McEwin Hospital, Adelaide, AUS., Ding M; Internal Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, AUS. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Cureus [Cureus] 2021 Aug 28; Vol. 13 (8), pp. e17529. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Aug 28 (Print Publication: 2021). |
| DOI: | 10.7759/cureus.17529 |
| Abstrakt: | Limbic encephalitis is an autoimmune cause of encephalitis. In addition to the usual symptoms of encephalitis such as altered consciousness, fever, and focal neurological deficits, limbic encephalitis can present with neuropsychiatric manifestations and seizures. Making a formal diagnosis involves a difficult and prolonged workup phase. The purpose of this review is to help readers delineate limbic encephalitis from other illnesses. This is done by presenting a spectrum of potential organic differential diagnoses and pertinent findings that distinguish them from limbic encephalitis. Instead of presenting a variety of psychiatric differential diagnoses, the authors present a review of psychiatric manifestations known to be associated with limbic encephalitis, as naturally, any psychiatric disorder could be a potential comorbid disease. Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. (Copyright © 2021, Ding et al.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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