Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis mimicking acute herpetic encephalitis
Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis (PLE) is a rare disorder that typically follows a chronic or subacute course of personality changes, memory loss, seizures, and hallucinations. Early diagnosis is difficult, and characteristic symptoms can be mimicked by a variety of conditions. We present a case o...
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| author | Charchit Gupta Dinesh Chaudhari Pushpendra Nath Renjen Anjali Mishra Shivangi Garg Rajendra Pradhan |
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| description | Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis (PLE) is a rare disorder that typically follows a chronic or subacute course of personality changes, memory loss, seizures, and hallucinations. Early diagnosis is difficult, and characteristic symptoms can be mimicked by a variety of conditions. We present a case of PLE, initially presenting as acute herpetic encephalitis. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5d19f689957f4e78b5c1eefbdafa26e12025-08-20T02:56:39ZengSAGE PublishingApollo Medicine0976-00162213-36822019-01-0116424024310.4103/am.am_61_19Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis mimicking acute herpetic encephalitisCharchit GuptaDinesh ChaudhariPushpendra Nath RenjenAnjali MishraShivangi GargRajendra PradhanParaneoplastic limbic encephalitis (PLE) is a rare disorder that typically follows a chronic or subacute course of personality changes, memory loss, seizures, and hallucinations. Early diagnosis is difficult, and characteristic symptoms can be mimicked by a variety of conditions. We present a case of PLE, initially presenting as acute herpetic encephalitis.http://www.apollomedicine.org/article.asp?issn=0976-0016;year=2019;volume=16;issue=4;spage=240;epage=243;aulast=Guptaencephalitishallucinationsherpeticlimbicparaneoplasticseizures |
| spellingShingle | Charchit Gupta Dinesh Chaudhari Pushpendra Nath Renjen Anjali Mishra Shivangi Garg Rajendra Pradhan Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis mimicking acute herpetic encephalitis Apollo Medicine encephalitis hallucinations herpetic limbic paraneoplastic seizures |
| title | Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis mimicking acute herpetic encephalitis |
| title_full | Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis mimicking acute herpetic encephalitis |
| title_fullStr | Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis mimicking acute herpetic encephalitis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis mimicking acute herpetic encephalitis |
| title_short | Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis mimicking acute herpetic encephalitis |
| title_sort | paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis mimicking acute herpetic encephalitis |
| topic | encephalitis hallucinations herpetic limbic paraneoplastic seizures |
| url | http://www.apollomedicine.org/article.asp?issn=0976-0016;year=2019;volume=16;issue=4;spage=240;epage=243;aulast=Gupta |
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