Course: Diffusely Enhancing Lesions on MRI in DPPX Antibody-Associated Encephalitis
CME Credits: 1.00
Released: 2024-01-22
A woman aged 51 years presented with progressive gait instability and memory impairment of 5 months and 10-kg weight loss. She had no significant medical, family, or allergy history except 10 years of hypertension. She had no headache, weakness, numbness, hallucinations, insomnia, reduced appetite, and changed bowel or urinary habits. Physical examination showed bilateral horizontal nystagmus, dysmetria on the right finger-to-nose test and bilateral heel-to-shin test, and ataxic gait. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment showed impaired visuospatial/executive function (1/5), attention (4/6), language (2/3), and delayed recall (2/5). One week after admission, the patient developed impaired abduction, supraduction, and infraduction of the left eye.
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