Dement Neurocogn Disord.  2016 Jun;15(2):59-60. 10.12779/dnd.2016.15.2.59.

Non-Paraneoplastic Limbic Encephalitis with Concurrent Rheumatoid Arthritis

• Hwang I
• Seo WJ
• Ha SW

• KMID: 2442858
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12779/dnd.2016.15.2.59

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Arthritis, Rheumatoid*
Limbic Encephalitis*

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Radiologic findings of the patient. Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery image (A) shows high signal intensity lesions on bilateral medial temporal lobes. 18 fluoro-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography image (B) shows accentuated hypermetabolism in left medial temporal lobe. Follow-up fluid-attenuated inversion recovery image after two weeks of admission (C) demonstrates the disappearance of high signal intensities in bilateral medial temporal lobes.

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