Autoimmune Encephalitis: Pathophysiology and Imaging Review of an Overlooked Diagnosis
Recommended Citation
Kelley BP, Patel SC, Marin HL, Corrigan JJ, Mitsias PD, and Griffith B. Autoimmune encephalitis: Pathophysiology and imaging review of an overlooked diagnosis. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2017; 38(6):1070-1078.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-2017
Publication Title
AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology
Abstract
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.
Medical Subject Headings
Brain Diseases; Encephalitis; Hashimoto Disease; Humans; Neuroimaging
PubMed ID
28183838
Volume
38
Issue
6
First Page
1070
Last Page
1078
