Limbic encephalitis
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| The limbic system within the brain. | |
| DiseasesDB | 30707 |
| MeSH | D020363 |
Limbic encephalitis is a form of encephalitis. In a small number of cases, the pathogens responsible for encephalitis attack primarily the limbic system (a collection of structures at the base of the brain responsible for basic autonomic functions), often causing memory deficits similar to those observed in Alzheimer's disease or Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (although limbic encephalitis does not cause the same cognitive deficits as these diseases.[1]
Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis (PLE) is a particularly severe form of limbic encephalitis caused by neoplasms most commonly associated with small cell lung carcinoma. Whereas the majority of encephalitides are viral in nature, PLE is associated with cancer.
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- vi_1/l/limbic_encephalitis article at GE's Medcyclopaedia
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