< Back to Images

PART 7: Oncology and Hematology
SECTION 1   Neoplastic Disorders

101 Paraneoplastic Neurologic Syndromes
Josep Dalmau / Myrna R. Rosenfeld

Figure 101-1  Antibodies to NR1/NR2 subunits of the NMDA receptor in a patient with paraneoplastic encephalitis and ovarian teratoma. Panel A is a section of dentate gyrus of rat hippocampus immunolabeled (brown staining) with the patient's antibodies. The reactivity predominates in the molecular layer, which...
view large
Figure 101-2  Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery sequence MRI of a patient with limbic encephalitis and LGI1 antibodies. Note the abnormal hyperintensity involving the medial aspect of the temporal lobes.
view large
Figure 101-3  MRI and tumor of a patient with anti-Ma2-associated encephalitis. Panels A and B are fluid-attenuated inversion recovery MRI sequences showing abnormal hyperintensities in the medial temporal lobes, hypothalamus, and upper brainstem.
view large