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

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Date publication

novembre 2019

Journal

BMC neurology

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr LONGO Raffaele, Dr QUETIN Philippe


Tous les auteurs :
Longo R, Wagner M, Savenkoff B, de Castaing MC, Desiro G, Tubail Z, Hennequin L, Mahmoud SB, Marcon N, Quetin P, Campitiello M, Plastino F

Résumé

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.

Mots clés

Limbic encephalitis, Paraneoplastic, Small cell carcinoma

Référence

BMC Neurol. 2019 Nov 29;19(1):304