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ArticleBrain, behavior, & immunity - health2021

Autoimmune Encephalitis versus Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in a patient with typical Facio-brachial dystonic seizures: A case report with Diagnostic challenges.

Vaibhav Seth, Suman Kushwaha, Ritu Verma, Priyankkumar Mukeshbhai Patel, R Kiran Gowda, Prateek Bapat

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Article in Brain, behavior, & immunity - health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Vaibhav SethDepartment of Neurology, Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences, Delhi, India.
Suman KushwahaDepartment of Neurology, Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences, Delhi, India.
Ritu VermaDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and PET CT, Mahajan Imaging Center, Sir Gangaram Hospital, Delhi, India.
Priyankkumar Mukeshbhai PatelDepartment of Neurology, Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences, Delhi, India.
R Kiran GowdaDepartment of Neurology, Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences, Delhi, India.
Prateek BapatDepartment of Neurology, Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences, Delhi, India.
Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences · INSir Ganga Ram Hospital · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDiagnosis of rapidly progressive dementia (RPD) is very challenging. There are many conditions that fall into category of RPD ranging from autoimmune causes to neurodegenerative causes. Autoimmune encephalitis should be readily diagnosed and treated because of its response to immunomodulators. However there is no treatment available for conditions like Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). CASE PRESENTATION: Here we present a case of anti-leucine-rich glioma inactivated 1 (LGI1) encephalitis who presented with only typical facio-brachial dystonic seizures at presentation. On follow up, patient had a rapid cognitive decline with development of myoclonic jerks, akinetic mute state and ultimately death. Neuroimaging showed presence of hyperintensities in two cortical regions namely parietal and occipital on fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) sequence. Electroencephalogram showed diffuse slowing with occasional periodic sharp wave complexes. Thus a diagnosis of probable CJD was made.

conclusionAutoimmune encephalitis mimicking CJD or vice versa is not a very commonly encountered phenomenon. This case discusses the clinical overlap of these two conditions and its diagnostic dilemmas. This case presented with typical LGI1 encephalitis and in spite of therapy with immunomodulators had a rapid decline and ultimately turned out to be CJD. This has been rarely described in literature.

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Autoimmune encephalitisCreutzfeldt-Jakob diseaseImmunomodulatorsLGI1 encephalitisRapidly progressive dementia

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