Paraneoplastic extra limbic encephalitis associated with thymoma

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 755-756

  Rizzardi, Giovanna ^a,b   Campione, Andrea ^a   Scanagatta, Paolo ^a   Terzi, Alberto ^a  

^a S CROCE E CARLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Extra limbic encephalitis; Paraneoplastic neurologic syndrome; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DAMAGE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSULA; MEDIASTINUM MASS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC EXTRA LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PARIETAL LOBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SEIZURE; SEROLOGY; STERNOTOMY; TEMPORAL LOBE; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOPSY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES, NERVOUS SYSTEM; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; STERNOTOMY; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349448575     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2009.211276     Document Type: Article

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