Paraneoplastic encephalitis (PE): clinical features
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Paraneoplastic encephalitis (PE): clinical features. Cerebellum, Hippocampus, Insular cortex, Brainstem. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Sites of involvement
- Cerebellum
- Hippocampus
- Insular cortex
- Brainstem
- Autonomic system
- Spinal cord
- Dorsal root ganglion
Clinical manifestations
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Limbic features
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Cerebellar features
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Brainstem features
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Autonomic features
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Diencephalic features
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Other features
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Viral encephalitis
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Other infections
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Toxic-metabolic
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Cancer related
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Treatment related
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References
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- Voltz RD, Posner JB, Dalmau J, Graus F. Paraneoplastic encephalomyelitis: an update of the effects of the anti-Hu immune response on the nervous system and tumour. JNNP 1997; 63:133-136.
- Malek N, Damian M. Trismus caused by paraneoplastic brainstem encephalitis. Pract Neurol 2018; 18:146-150.
- Jardine DL, Krediet CP, Robinson BA. Baroreflex failure secondary to Paraneoplastic encephalomyelitis in a 17 year old woman with neuroblastoma. JNNP 2004; 75:1650-1651.
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