RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Autoimmune Encephalitis: Pathophysiology and Imaging Review of an Overlooked Diagnosis
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 1070
OP 1078
DO 10.3174/ajnr.A5086
VO 38
IS 6
A1 B.P. Kelley
A1 S.C. Patel
A1 H.L. Marin
A1 J.J. Corrigan
A1 P.D. Mitsias
A1 B. Griffith
YR 2017
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/38/6/1070.abstract
AB SUMMARY: Autoimmune encephalitis is a relatively new category of immune-mediated disease involving the central nervous system that demonstrates a widely variable spectrum of clinical presentations, ranging from the relatively mild or insidious onset of cognitive impairment to more complex forms of encephalopathy with refractory seizure. Due to its diverse clinical features, which can mimic a variety of other pathologic processes, autoimmune encephalitis presents a diagnostic challenge to clinicians. Imaging findings in patients with these disorders can also be quite variable, but recognizing characteristic findings within limbic structures suggestive of autoimmune encephalitis can be a key step in alerting clinicians to the potential diagnosis and ensuring a prompt and appropriate clinical work-up. In this article, we review antibody-mediated encephalitis and its various subtypes with a specific emphasis on the role of neuroimaging in the diagnostic work-up.NMDAN-methyl D-aspartateNMDArN-methyl D-aspartate receptorVGKCvoltage-gated potassium channel