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Case Report: Paroxysmal weakness of unilateral limb as an initial symptom in anti-LGI1 encephalitis: a report of five cases
Anti-leucine-rich glioma-inactivated 1 (LGI1) encephalitis is the second most common kind of autoimmune encephalitis following anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis. Anti-LGI1 encephalitis is characterized by cognitive impairment or rapid progressive dementia, psychiatric disorders...
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author | Wang, Shan Wang, Jirui Li, Baizhu Hu, Ning Jin, Yingbin Han, Shiyu Shang, Xiuli |
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description | Anti-leucine-rich glioma-inactivated 1 (LGI1) encephalitis is the second most common kind of autoimmune encephalitis following anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis. Anti-LGI1 encephalitis is characterized by cognitive impairment or rapid progressive dementia, psychiatric disorders, epileptic seizures, faciobrachial dystonic seizures (FBDS), and refractory hyponatremia. Recently, we found an atypical manifestation of anti-LGI1 encephalitis, in which paroxysmal limb weakness was the initial symptom. In this report, we describe five cases of anti-LGI1 encephalitis with paroxysmal limb weakness. Patients had similar presentations, where a sudden weakness involving a unilateral limb was observed, which lasted several seconds and occurred dozens of times each day, with the anti-LGI1 antibody being positive in both serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). FBDS occurred after a mean of 12 days following paroxysmal limb weakness in three of five patients (Cases 1, 4, and 5). All patients were given high-dose steroid therapy, which had a good effect on their condition. Based on this report, we suggest that paroxysmal unilateral weakness may be a kind of epilepsy and be connected to FBDS. As an unusual neurological presentation, paroxysmal weakness can be included in the clinical manifestations of anti-LGI1 encephalitis, helping to raise awareness of the recognition of anti-LGI1 encephalitis in patients with this symptom and leading to early diagnosis and early treatment, which would contribute to improved clinical outcomes. |
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spelling | pubmed-102484212023-06-09 Case Report: Paroxysmal weakness of unilateral limb as an initial symptom in anti-LGI1 encephalitis: a report of five cases Wang, Shan Wang, Jirui Li, Baizhu Hu, Ning Jin, Yingbin Han, Shiyu Shang, Xiuli Front Immunol Immunology Anti-leucine-rich glioma-inactivated 1 (LGI1) encephalitis is the second most common kind of autoimmune encephalitis following anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis. Anti-LGI1 encephalitis is characterized by cognitive impairment or rapid progressive dementia, psychiatric disorders, epileptic seizures, faciobrachial dystonic seizures (FBDS), and refractory hyponatremia. Recently, we found an atypical manifestation of anti-LGI1 encephalitis, in which paroxysmal limb weakness was the initial symptom. In this report, we describe five cases of anti-LGI1 encephalitis with paroxysmal limb weakness. Patients had similar presentations, where a sudden weakness involving a unilateral limb was observed, which lasted several seconds and occurred dozens of times each day, with the anti-LGI1 antibody being positive in both serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). FBDS occurred after a mean of 12 days following paroxysmal limb weakness in three of five patients (Cases 1, 4, and 5). All patients were given high-dose steroid therapy, which had a good effect on their condition. Based on this report, we suggest that paroxysmal unilateral weakness may be a kind of epilepsy and be connected to FBDS. As an unusual neurological presentation, paroxysmal weakness can be included in the clinical manifestations of anti-LGI1 encephalitis, helping to raise awareness of the recognition of anti-LGI1 encephalitis in patients with this symptom and leading to early diagnosis and early treatment, which would contribute to improved clinical outcomes. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-05-25 /pmc/articles/PMC10248421/ /pubmed/37304289 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1191823 Text en Copyright © 2023 Wang, Wang, Li, Hu, Jin, Han and Shang https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Immunology Wang, Shan Wang, Jirui Li, Baizhu Hu, Ning Jin, Yingbin Han, Shiyu Shang, Xiuli Case Report: Paroxysmal weakness of unilateral limb as an initial symptom in anti-LGI1 encephalitis: a report of five cases |
title | Case Report: Paroxysmal weakness of unilateral limb as an initial symptom in anti-LGI1 encephalitis: a report of five cases |
title_full | Case Report: Paroxysmal weakness of unilateral limb as an initial symptom in anti-LGI1 encephalitis: a report of five cases |
title_fullStr | Case Report: Paroxysmal weakness of unilateral limb as an initial symptom in anti-LGI1 encephalitis: a report of five cases |
title_full_unstemmed | Case Report: Paroxysmal weakness of unilateral limb as an initial symptom in anti-LGI1 encephalitis: a report of five cases |
title_short | Case Report: Paroxysmal weakness of unilateral limb as an initial symptom in anti-LGI1 encephalitis: a report of five cases |
title_sort | case report: paroxysmal weakness of unilateral limb as an initial symptom in anti-lgi1 encephalitis: a report of five cases |
topic | Immunology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10248421/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37304289 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1191823 |
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