Diffusion Imaging in Acute Auto-immune Encephalitis

Civil Hospices of Lyon

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Auto-immune Encephalitis

Treatments: Other: Analysis of every MRI at presentation of the symptoms and then over a period of 3 to 24 months if available.

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04339205

Imaging study

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this non randomised retrospective study is to investigate the imaging (MRI) of auto-immune encephalitis at presentation, especially in diffusion-weighted sequences.

Indeed, few series describe the MRI aspect of auto-immune at their beginning. Recognize early MRI abnormalities seen in auto-immune encephalitis could help reduce the time to positive diagnosis and improve the therapeutic management.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Auto-immune encephalitis proved by biological results (blood and/or CSF sample)

Exclusion criteria

• No MRI available