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What are some commonly missed diagnoses that should be considered in cases of otherwise seronegative yet steroid-responsive autoimmune encephalitis?

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Neurology · Security Forces Hospital - Riyadh

One shouldn't neglect to consider lymphoma as another differential in such cases as there had been reports of lymphoid malignancies presenting in such a manner. Ideally, cytology and flow ctyometry would have been obtained at the initial presentation since steroids may alter a CSF profile which migh...

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Neurology · University of Missouri

I usually wait at least 9-12 months to reimage as the therapies take this amount of time to fully work.

Robert Burger M.D.

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