Magnetic resonance imaging of limbic encephalitis

T Kodama; Y Numaguchi; F E Gellad; B A Dwyer; D A Kristt

doi:10.1007/BF00588045

Magnetic resonance imaging of limbic encephalitis

Neuroradiology. 1991;33(6):520-3. doi: 10.1007/BF00588045.

Authors

T Kodama¹, Y Numaguchi, F E Gellad, B A Dwyer, D A Kristt

Affiliation

¹ Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore.

Abstract

In two patients with limbic encephalitis serial magnetic resonance (MR) imaging showed evolution of abnormal high-signal intensity in both hippocampal formations on T2-weighted images.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Encephalitis / diagnosis*
Encephalitis / pathology
Female
Hippocampus* / pathology
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Paraneoplastic Syndromes / diagnosis
Paraneoplastic Syndromes / pathology