Limbic Encephalitis Driven by a Pleural Mesothelioma: A Paraneoplastic Complication

Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes have only been described with pleural mesothelioma in five cases. We have described a 72-year-old man who developed anterograde amnesia 27 months after diagnosis of epithelioid pleural mesothelioma. Investigations revealed a limbic encephalitis with no altern...

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Main Authors: Jacob O. Day, Adam J. Zeman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2016-10-01
Series:Middle East Journal of Cancer
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Online Access:http://mejc.sums.ac.ir/index.php/mejc/article/view/447/281