Paraneoplastic extralimbic encephalitis associated with thymoma and myastenia gravis: three years follow up

Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2013 May;115(5):628-31. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.06.016. Epub 2012 Jul 6.

Authors

F Aysal¹, S Baybas, H H Selçuk, V Sozmen, M Ozturk, H Kucukoglu, N H Urer

Affiliation

¹ Neurology Department, Bakırköy Research and Training Hospital for Neurologic and Psychiatric Diseases, Istanbul, Turkey.

PMID: 22771306
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.06.016

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Anticonvulsants / therapeutic use
Cholinesterase Inhibitors / therapeutic use
Electroencephalography
Follow-Up Studies
Levetiracetam
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Myasthenia Gravis / complications*
Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Nervous System / complications*
Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Nervous System / diagnosis
Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Nervous System / drug therapy
Piracetam / analogs & derivatives
Piracetam / therapeutic use
Pyridostigmine Bromide / therapeutic use
Seizures / etiology
Thymectomy
Thymoma / complications*
Thymus Neoplasms / complications*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anticonvulsants
Cholinesterase Inhibitors
Levetiracetam
Pyridostigmine Bromide
Piracetam