Author/Authors :
Doğan, Pelin Ümraniye Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Nöroloji Kliniği, İstanbul , Şen, Aysu Ümraniye Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Nöroloji Kliniği, İstanbul , Sarı, Saygın Ümraniye Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Nöroloji Kliniği, İstanbul , Ataklı, Dilek Ümraniye Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Nöroloji Kliniği, İstanbul , Arpacı, Baki Ümraniye Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Nöroloji Kliniği, İstanbul , Ülker, Mustafa Bakırköy Ruh ve Sinir Hastalıkları Hastanesi Nöroloji Kliniği, İstanbul
Abstract :
Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis (PLE) is a result of an autoimmune reaction in patients who have an apparent or an occult malignancy. Patients often present to hospitals with subacute psychiatric symptoms,memory disturbances and epileptic seizures.Diagnosis was made by the elimination of other possibilities presenting similar symptomatology, cerebral radiologic findings, EEG and CSF examination and most importantly detecting the primary tumor.Our case presented to hospital with multiple epileptic seizures, confusion, and was diagnosed as PLE after radiologic, electrophysiologic and laboratory examination. We thougt that it is worth to report this rare case and discuss it under the light of literature
