All four of the following criteria must be met:*
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MRI: magnetic resonance imaging; CSF: cerebrospinal fluid; EEG: electroencephalogram.
* If one of the first three criteria is not met, a diagnosis of definite limbic encephalitis can be made only with the detection of antibodies against cell-surface, synaptic, or onconeural proteins.
¶ 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) can be used to fulfill this criterion and may be more sensitive than MRI for detecting medial temporal lobe abnormalities.Do you want to add Medilib to your home screen?