Amnestic syndrome in the course of seronegative limbic encephalitis complicated by drug-resistant epilepsy: a case report.

Autor:	Łoś K; Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland., Kulikowska J; Department of Neurology, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland., Chorąży M; Department of Neurology, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland., Kułakowska A; Department of Neurology, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland., Waszkiewicz N; Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland., Galińska-Skok B; Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Frontiers in immunology [Front Immunol] 2024 Aug 29; Vol. 15, pp. 1416019. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 29 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI:	10.3389/fimmu.2024.1416019
Abstrakt:	We present the case of a 35-year-old female patient admitted to the hospital with symptoms of rapidly increasing disturbances of consciousness and fever for 48 hours. A lumbar puncture, bacteriological and virological examinations, and initial imaging studies did not show abnormalities. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), repeated several times, showed hyperintense confluent lesions in both temporal lobes and atrophy of both hippocampi. General examination, cerebrospinal fluid culture, the panel of antineuronal antibodies, and tumor markers remained negative on subsequent repeats. Despite several laboratory and imaging studies, the etiology of the disease could not be established, infections were excluded, and no autoantibodies were found. A diagnosis of probable limbic encephalitis, amnestic syndrome resulting from organic brain damage, and drug-resistant epilepsy was made. The patient, with limbic encephalitis complicated by drug-resistant status epilepticus, was treated with cycles of immunoglobulin and subsequent plasmapheresis. She was then transferred to the Department of Psychiatry for diagnosis and treatment of intermittent psychotic disorders. During hospitalization, the patient was observed to have multiple epileptic seizures with temporal and frontal morphology, amnestic syndrome with confabulations, and periodic psychotic disorders with the occurrence of visual hallucinations. Antiepileptic treatment was escalated by including cenobamate in increasing doses. To control the mental disorders, duloxetine, tiapride, and cognitive function exercises were introduced. There was a slight improvement in memory, a cessation of confabulations, and an emergence of the patient's criticism of the symptoms presented. The psychotic symptoms subsided, and the number of epileptic seizures decreased. The described case portrays a unique co-occurrence of disease symptoms that are difficult to treat. It shows the therapeutic difficulties that can occur in patients with suspected autoimmune encephalitis. Furthermore, it shows the need for multispecialty care of a patient with psychotic symptoms in the course of epilepsy accompanied by amnestic syndrome. Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. (Copyright © 2024 Łoś, Kulikowska, Chorąży, Kułakowska, Waszkiewicz and Galińska-Skok.)
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