A paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis from an anorectal small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma: a case report

A paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis from an anorectal small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma: a case report

Abstract Background Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis (PLE) is a rare autoimmune neurological syndrome observed in cancer patients. PLE is difficult to diagnose and presents a variable response to treatment, depending on the characteristics of the tumor and neuronal autoantibodies. Case presentatio...

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Main Authors: Raffaele Longo, Marc Wagner, Benjamin Savenkoff, Mathilde Chastenet de Castaing, Guillaume Desiro, Zead Tubail, Laurent Hennequin, Sinan Ben Mahmoud, Nathalie Marcon, Philippe Quetin, Marco Campitiello, Francesca Plastino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:BMC Neurology
Subjects:
Limbic encephalitis
Paraneoplastic
Small cell carcinoma
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-019-1542-9

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