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Limbic encephalitis: a case report.
Journal article

Limbic encephalitis: a case report.

  • Khan N Abteilung für Electroencephalographie und Epileptologie, Universitätsspital, Zürich, Switzerland.
  • Wieser HG
  • 1994-02-01
Published in:
  • Epilepsy research. - 1994
Adult
Aggression
Electroencephalography
Encephalitis
Epilepsy, Complex Partial
Female
Humans
Limbic System
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Magnetoencephalography
Memory Disorders
Tomography, Emission-Computed
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
English We report a case of a 24 year old patient, who presented with simple and complex partial epileptic seizures, progressive changes in behaviour and affect including marked aggression, and a decline in memory to the point of inability to learn. Extensive work-up resulted in a final diagnosis of limbic encephalitis. This diagnosis was supported by a number of investigations performed during the follow-up of 6 years and ranging from the basic EEG to the more sophisticated investigations of magnetic resonance tomography, magnetoencephalography and positron emission tomography.
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