FDG-PET and MRI in potassium channel antibody-associated non-paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis: correlation with clinical course and neuropsychology.

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OBJECTIVES: We report a patient with potassium channel antibody-associated non-paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis (NPLE) in whom repeated fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are correlated with epileptic activity and memory performance during the course of disease. CASE SUMMARY: A 32-year-old woman suffered from prolonged global amnesia after two generalized tonic-clonic seizures due to NPLE. Initially, MRI showed swelling of the left...

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Authors: Fauser, S; Talazko, J; Wagner, K; Ziyeh, S; Jarius, S

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Acta neurologica Scandinavica
• Volume: 111
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 338-343
• Publication date: 2005-05-01
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2005.00406.x
• EISSN: 1600-0404
• ISSN: 0001-6314
• Language: English
• Keywords: Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Female; Humans; Positron-Emission Tomography; Radiopharmaceuticals; Temporal Lobe; Seizures; Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; Sensitivity and Specificity; Prognosis; Functional Laterality; Amnesia; Limbic Encephalitis; Potassium Channels; Adult