Pilomotor Seizures in a Patient With LGI1 Encephalitis

Jinxia Yang; Qiying Sun; Guang Yang

doi:10.3389/fneur.2020.00061

Frontiers in Neurology (Feb 2020)

Pilomotor Seizures in a Patient With LGI1 Encephalitis

Jinxia Yang,
Qiying Sun,
Guang Yang

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Jinxia Yang: Department of Geriatrics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
Qiying Sun: Department of Geriatrics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
Guang Yang: Department of Emergency, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2020.00061
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11

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Limbic encephalitis (LE) with antibodies against leucine-rich glioma inactivated protein 1 (LGI1) is an autoimmune disease with variable clinical features, including seizures, cognitive disorders, psychiatric disturbances, and hyponatremia. The majority of these patients present faciobrachial dystonic seizures (FBDS), which are regarded as a characteristic symptom. A few cases have reported pilomotor seizures as the main manifestation of anti-LGI1 encephalitis. Here, we described a Chinese woman with frequent pilomotor seizures who was finally diagnosed as having anti-LGI1 encephalitis. Our report emphasizes the possible significance of pilomotor seizures in anti-LGI1 encephalitis.

Published in Frontiers in Neurology

ISSN: 1664-2295 (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
Website: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neurology/

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