Paraneoplastic Limbic Encephalitis in a Male with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

• Published in: Chinese medical journal Vol. 129; no. 10; pp. 1253 - 1254
• Main Authors: Yu, Ze-Mou, Li, Wei, Yang, Chong-Qing, Song, Yan, Wang, Ding-Yi, Liu, Fu-Geng, Gong, Tao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: China Wolters Kluwer - Medknow Publications 20.05.2016; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ovid Technologies; Department of Neurology,Beijing Hospital,Beijing 100730,China%Department of Pathology,Beijing Hospital,Beijing 100730,China%Department of Radiology,Beijing Hospital,Beijing 100730,China%Department of Respiration,Beijing Hospital,Beijing 100730,China%Department of Radiotherapy,Beijing Hospital,Beijing 100730,China; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd; Wolters Kluwer
• Subjects: Abdomen; Antigens; Carcinoma; Correspondence; Encephalitis; Humans; Limbic Encephalitis - diagnosis; Limbic Encephalitis - surgery; Lung cancer; Male; Medical imaging; Middle Aged; Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma; Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms - diagnosis; Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms - surgery; Nervous system; Neurology; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Testicular cancer; Thoracic surgery; Throat cancer; 患者; 男性; 病毒性脑炎; 社会; 行为; 阿昔洛韦; 静脉注射; 鼻咽癌; @@
• ISSN: 0366-6999; 2542-5641; 2542-5641
• DOI: 10.4103/0366-6999.181962

To the Editor： A 63-year-old man was transferred to the Department of Neurology for changes in personality and social withdrawal on March 03, 2015. He appeared to be unwilling to talk to his family, whereas he had previously been social and caring. He exhibited unusual behavior, dressing his clothes inside out, and impulsively eating foods. He also had excessive daytime sleepiness. However, the patient himself was unaware of this behavior. He was suspected as having herpes simplex encephalitis in the local hospital and was then administered acyclovir intravenously for 21 days. The patient＇s condition did not improve.