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Neurology 2000;55:1823-1828
© 2000 American Academy of Neurology
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Limbic encephalitis not associated with neoplasm as a cause of temporal lobe epilepsy

C. G. Bien, MD;, A. Schulze–Bonhage, MD;, M. Deckert, MD;, H. Urbach, MD;, C. Helmstaedter, PhD;, T. Grunwald, MD, PhD;, C. Schaller, MD; and and C. E. Elger, MD, PhD

From the Departments of Epileptology (Drs. Bien, Schulze–Bonhage, Helmstaedter, Grunwald, and Elger), Radiology (Dr. Urbach), Neurosurgery (Dr. Schaller), and Neuropathology (Dr. Deckert), University of Bonn, Germany.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Christian Bien, University of Bonn, Department of Epileptology, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, D-53105 Bonn, Germany; e-mail: c.bien{at}uni-bonn.de

OBJECTIVE: To describe four patients with temporal lobe epilepsy with limbic encephalitis unrelated to neoplasm.

METHODS: The authors performed a retrospective evaluation of patient data obtained during presurgical evaluation, with additional CSF analyses, serum analyses, and histopathologic investigations.

RESULTS: The patients shared the following clinical features: onset of the disease in young adulthood with subacute onset or exacerbation of frequent intractable temporal lobe seizures, verbal and visual memory deficits, and affective abnormalities. MRI showed variably extended areas of increased T2 signal in limbic structures and adjacent areas. In the histopathologic investigation, chronic inflammation was observed without evidence of a viral origin. There was no evidence of an underlying malignancy.

CONCLUSIONS: Nonparaneoplastic limbic encephalitis should be included in the differential diagnosis of adult patients with temporal lobe epilepsy.




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