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We report the case of a 55-year-old woman with thymoma diagnosed after finding of extra limbic encephalitis. She presented neurologic symptoms as seizure and aphasia; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain showed multiple lesions located in insular, parietal and temporal lobes (in cortical and sub-cortical area). Brain biopsies confirmed the diagnosis of encephalitis and CT-scan of the thorax showed an anterior mediastinal mass suspected for thymoma. The patient was submitted to thymectomy through a median sternotomy and we assisted to secondary reduction of cerebral lesions and total remission of symptoms. |
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CAT scan,emission,abnormal
cerebral cortex
electroencephalogram,abnormalities of
encephalitis
encephalitis,lobar
encephalitis,paraneoplastic
extralimbic encephalitis
insular cortex
limbic encephalitis
mediastinum,mass of
mesial temporal lobe
MRI
MRI,abnormal
MRI,disappearing lesion on
remote effect of cancer on the nervous system
seizure
temporal lobe
temporal lobe,lesion
thymoma
treatment of neurologic disorder
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