Frequent hemianesthesia as initial symptom of limbic encephalitis associated with LGI1 antibodies

Neurol Sci. 2015 Oct;36(10):1953-5. doi: 10.1007/s10072-015-2296-9. Epub 2015 Jun 21.

Authors

Jingjing Gong¹, Yan Zhang², Fengchun Wang³, Yonghua Huang⁴, Weiwei Zhang¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, General Hospital of Beijing Command PLA, No.5 Nan men Cang, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100700, China.
² Air Force Aviation Medicine Research Institute, Beijing, China.
³ Department of Medical Administration, General Hospital of Beijing Command PLA, Beijing, China.
⁴ Department of Neurology, General Hospital of Beijing Command PLA, No.5 Nan men Cang, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100700, China. neurohuangyonghua@163.com.

PMID: 26094002
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-015-2296-9

No abstract available

Keywords: Faciobrachial dystonic seizures; Hemianesthesia; Leucine-rich glioma inactivated-1; Limbic encephalitis (LE).

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Autoantibodies / blood*
Female
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / metabolism
Functional Laterality / physiology
Humans
Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
Limbic Encephalitis / complications*
Limbic Encephalitis / diagnostic imaging
Limbic Encephalitis / immunology*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Middle Aged
Positron-Emission Tomography
Proteins / immunology*
Seizures / etiology*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Autoantibodies
Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
LGI1 protein, human
Proteins
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18