And cancer para neoplastic limbic encephalitis lung a purpose of a case report

Full text: Association Mutual Aid First, Montevideo, Uruguay. Para neoplastic syndromes (S P) are a number of clinical disorders associated Cancer diagnosis may precede the same and are not related to the direct effects of the primary tumor or its metastases but to the production of certain substances such as hormones and antibodies that act at distant sites. The neurological S P occurs in less than 1% of patients with cancer, showing more frequently in bronchial carcinoma (CBP) to small cells. Limbic encephalitis (EL) is a paraneoplastic disorder characterized by severe deficits cognitive and seizures. The diagnosis is often difficult, so it is imperative the participation of a multidisciplinary team. Diagnosis is based on clinical and MRI and onco specific neuronal antibodies. We report the case of a patient of 62 years who presented crises intense smoking repeated epileptic disorder accompanied by cognitive behavioral being in the hippocampal injury studies T2 hyperintense nodule guiding EL and pulmonary solid mediastinal lymphadenopathy. With the raise of limbic encephalitis CBP secondary paraneoplastic a biopsy is performed mediastinal lymphadenopathy that confirms the presence of small cell lung carcinoma metastatic node, starting onco specific treatment based chemoradiotherapy