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Autoimmune limbic encephalitis: A manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus in the central nervous system

Autoimmune limbic encephalitis (ALE) associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a rare entity with few reports in the literature to date. In general, ALE associated with SLE has a satisfactory response to immunosuppressive treatment (RIT), but the pathogenesis of this association is poorl...

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Autores principales: Angst, Débora Bartzen Moraes, de Figueiredo, Nathália Stela Visoná, Passarelli, Valmir, Baldocchi, Meire Argentoni, Rocha, Maria Sheila Guimarães, Brucki, Sonia Maria Dozzi
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Publicado: Associação de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5619358/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29213961
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1980-57642015DN92000014
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author Angst, Débora Bartzen Moraes
de Figueiredo, Nathália Stela Visoná
Passarelli, Valmir
Baldocchi, Meire Argentoni
Rocha, Maria Sheila Guimarães
Brucki, Sonia Maria Dozzi
author_facet Angst, Débora Bartzen Moraes
de Figueiredo, Nathália Stela Visoná
Passarelli, Valmir
Baldocchi, Meire Argentoni
Rocha, Maria Sheila Guimarães
Brucki, Sonia Maria Dozzi
author_sort Angst, Débora Bartzen Moraes
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description Autoimmune limbic encephalitis (ALE) associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a rare entity with few reports in the literature to date. In general, ALE associated with SLE has a satisfactory response to immunosuppressive treatment (RIT), but the pathogenesis of this association is poorly understood and may include an autoimmunity component. We report a case study describing the diagnosis and management of limbic encephalitis in a patient with active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus disease (SLE) and past medical history of cancer (endometrial adenocarcinoma in 2004 and papillary urothelial carcinoma in 2011 with curative treatment), followed over a one-year period. We discuss the possible association between limbic encephalitis and all past neoplastic and immune-mediated conditions of this patient. In this particularly case, autoimmunity was the most relevant factor associated with limbic encephalitis given negative neoplastic screening. Moreover, a good response was observed to immunotherapy, not seen with paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis, which is associated with poor response. In this case, the association of ALE with SLE is possible, since laboratory testing disclosed lupic activity and the patient had involvement of other systems (such as hematologic) during the period. However, the presence of other surface membrane antibodies are possible in the search for alternative etiologies.
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spelling pubmed-56193582017-12-06 Autoimmune limbic encephalitis: A manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus in the central nervous system Angst, Débora Bartzen Moraes de Figueiredo, Nathália Stela Visoná Passarelli, Valmir Baldocchi, Meire Argentoni Rocha, Maria Sheila Guimarães Brucki, Sonia Maria Dozzi Dement Neuropsychol Case Report Autoimmune limbic encephalitis (ALE) associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a rare entity with few reports in the literature to date. In general, ALE associated with SLE has a satisfactory response to immunosuppressive treatment (RIT), but the pathogenesis of this association is poorly understood and may include an autoimmunity component. We report a case study describing the diagnosis and management of limbic encephalitis in a patient with active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus disease (SLE) and past medical history of cancer (endometrial adenocarcinoma in 2004 and papillary urothelial carcinoma in 2011 with curative treatment), followed over a one-year period. We discuss the possible association between limbic encephalitis and all past neoplastic and immune-mediated conditions of this patient. In this particularly case, autoimmunity was the most relevant factor associated with limbic encephalitis given negative neoplastic screening. Moreover, a good response was observed to immunotherapy, not seen with paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis, which is associated with poor response. In this case, the association of ALE with SLE is possible, since laboratory testing disclosed lupic activity and the patient had involvement of other systems (such as hematologic) during the period. However, the presence of other surface membrane antibodies are possible in the search for alternative etiologies. Associação de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC5619358/ /pubmed/29213961 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1980-57642015DN92000014 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Angst, Débora Bartzen Moraes
de Figueiredo, Nathália Stela Visoná
Passarelli, Valmir
Baldocchi, Meire Argentoni
Rocha, Maria Sheila Guimarães
Brucki, Sonia Maria Dozzi
Autoimmune limbic encephalitis: A manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus in the central nervous system
title Autoimmune limbic encephalitis: A manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus in the central nervous system
title_full Autoimmune limbic encephalitis: A manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus in the central nervous system
title_fullStr Autoimmune limbic encephalitis: A manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus in the central nervous system
title_full_unstemmed Autoimmune limbic encephalitis: A manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus in the central nervous system
title_short Autoimmune limbic encephalitis: A manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus in the central nervous system
title_sort autoimmune limbic encephalitis: a manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus in the central nervous system
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5619358/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29213961
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1980-57642015DN92000014
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