A Case of Limbic Encephalitis Associated with Small Cell Lung Cancer: About Diagnostic MRI Findings.
- Author:
Tae Young CHO
1
;
Yoon Jung KIM
;
Byung In LEE
;
Kyun HUH
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Atrophy;
Humans;
Limbic Encephalitis*;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*;
Male;
Memory;
Middle Aged;
Paraneoplastic Syndromes;
Small Cell Lung Carcinoma*
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
1994;12(2):338-342
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Limbic encephalitis is a rare paraneoplastic syndrome characterized by prominent memory impairment, affective and behavioral disturbances, and progressive intellectual deterioration. Among many different neoplasm known to cause limbic encephalitis, a small cell lung cancer is certainly the most frequently reported. We experienced a 64-years old male patient presented with clinical features consistent with limbic encephalitis. He was subsequently found to have small cell lung cancer and showed characteristic evolutional MRI features ; increased signal intensity on T2 weighted image in the bilateral medial temporal regions during early stage and progressive severe atrophy in the late stage.
