Paraneoplastic anti-gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA)B receptor antibody limbic encephalitis associated with small cell lung cancer presenting as new-onset status epilepticus : a case report

An 84-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with new-onset refractory status epilepticus of unclear etiology. On the third day, diffusion-weighted brain MRI demonstrated lesions in the right medial temporal and parietal lobes. As a CSF sample showed pleocytosis, paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis (PLE) associated with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) was suspected. The patient was also positive for anti-gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA)B receptor antibody in the CSF, which has recently been reported in elderly patients with SCLC-related PLE. Methylprednisolone pulse therapy ameliorated the symptoms. It is noteworthy that immune therapy often improves the symptoms of PLE with anti-GABAB receptor antibody, even though radical therapy for the lung cancer may be difficult.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:60

Enthalten in:

Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology - 60(2020), 12 vom: 26. Dez., Seite 869-873

Sprache:

Japanisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Akiyama, Natsuki [VerfasserIn]
Miwa, Yamato [VerfasserIn]
Umeda, Yoshitaka [VerfasserIn]
Tanaka, Keiko [VerfasserIn]
Oyake, Mutsuo [VerfasserIn]
Fujita, Nobuya [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA)B receptor antibody
Autoantibodies
Case Reports
Epilepsy in the elderly
Immunotherapy
Journal Article
Methylprednisolone
Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis
Receptors, GABA-B
Small cell lung cancer
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Date Completed 29.04.2021

Date Revised 29.04.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.5692/clinicalneurol.cn-001503

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM31796755X