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Benoit J, Muñiz-Castrillo S, Vogrig A, Farina A, Pinto AL, Picard G, Rogemond V, Guery D, Alentorn A, Psimaras D, Rheims S, Honnorat J, Joubert B. Early-Stage Contactin-Associated Protein-like 2 Limbic Encephalitis: Clues for Diagnosis. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm 2022; 10:10/1/e200041. [PMID: 36288995 PMCID: PMC9608385 DOI: 10.1212/nxi.0000000000200041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2022] [Accepted: 08/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
Abstract
Background and Objectives Previous studies suggested that autoimmune limbic encephalitis with antibodies against contactin-associated protein-like 2 (CASPR2-encephalitis) is clinically heterogeneous and progresses slowly, preventing its early recognition. We aimed to describe the onset and progression of CASPR2-encephalitis and to assess long-term outcomes. Methods We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of all patients whose CSF tested positive for anti-CASPR2 antibodies in our center between 2006 and 2020. Standardized telephone interviews of all available patients and relatives were conducted, assessing long-term functional independence using the Functional Activity Questionnaire (FAQ) and quality of life using the 36-Item Short-Form Survey (SF36). Results Forty-eight patients were included (98% males; median age 64 years), and 35 participated in telephone interviews (73%). At onset, 81% had at least 1 neurologic symptom among the following: limbic (54%), peripheral nerve hyperexcitability (PNH; 21%), and/or cerebellar symptoms (17%). Most of the patients (75%) had initially symptoms of only one of these categories. Limbic symptoms at onset included mostly seizures (33%), while memory disturbances were less frequent (10%). PNH signs were mostly neuropathic pain (9/10 patients). Other symptoms seen at onset included asthenia (33%), mood disorders (25%), and insomnia (21%); 19% of patients did not show any limbic, peripheral, or cerebellar symptom at onset but only asthenia (15%), mood disorders (6%), weight loss (8%), dysautonomia (4%), and/or insomnia (2%). The peak of the disease was attained in median 16.7 months after onset. Over the study period (median follow-up, 58.8 months, range 10.6–189.1), 77% of patients developed ≥3 core CASPR2 symptoms and 42% fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for autoimmune limbic encephalitis, although all patients ultimately developed limbic symptoms. At the last visit, most interviewed patients (28/35 patients, 80%; median, 5 years after onset) had recovered functional independence (FAQ <9) while only the vitality subscore of the SF36 was lower than normative data (mean 49.9 vs 58.0, p = 0.0369). Discussion CASPR2-encephalitis has a progressive course and is highly heterogeneous at the early stage. In men older than 50 years, otherwise unexplained seizures, cerebellar ataxia, and/or neuropathic pain are suggestive of early-stage CASPR2-encephalitis, especially if they coincide with recent asthenia, mood disorders, or insomnia.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jeanne Benoit
- From the French Reference Center on Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes and Autoimmune Encephalitis (J.B., S.M.-C., A.V., A.F., A.-L.P., G.P., V.R., J.H., B.J.), Hospices Civils de Lyon; Synaptopathies and Autoantibodies (SynatAc) Team (J.B., S.M.-C., A.V., A.F., A.-L.P., G.P., V.R., J.H., B.J.), Institut NeuroMyoGène, MELIS, INSERM U1314/CNRS UMR 5284, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1; Epileptology-EEG Department (J.B.), Neurology, Pasteur2 Hospital, University Hospitals of Nice; Côte d'Azur University (J.B.), UR2CA, URRIS, Pasteur2 Hospital, University Hospitals of Nice; Department of Functional Neurology and Epileptology (D.G., S.R.), Hospices Civils de Lyon, France; European Network for Rare and Complex Epilepsies (EPICARE) (D.G., S.R.); Service de Neurologie 2-Mazarin (A.A., D.P.), Hôpitaux Universitaires La Pitié-Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, APHP; Inserm U1127 CNRS UMR 7225 (A.A., D.P.), Institut Du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, Sorbonne Universités, Paris; and Lyon's Neuroscience Research Center (S.R.), INSERM U1028/CNRS UMR 5292; Université Lyon 1 Claude Bernard, France
| | - Sergio Muñiz-Castrillo
- From the French Reference Center on Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes and Autoimmune Encephalitis (J.B., S.M.-C., A.V., A.F., A.-L.P., G.P., V.R., J.H., B.J.), Hospices Civils de Lyon; Synaptopathies and Autoantibodies (SynatAc) Team (J.B., S.M.-C., A.V., A.F., A.-L.P., G.P., V.R., J.H., B.J.), Institut NeuroMyoGène, MELIS, INSERM U1314/CNRS UMR 5284, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1; Epileptology-EEG Department (J.B.), Neurology, Pasteur2 Hospital, University Hospitals of Nice; Côte d'Azur University (J.B.), UR2CA, URRIS, Pasteur2 Hospital, University Hospitals of Nice; Department of Functional Neurology and Epileptology (D.G., S.R.), Hospices Civils de Lyon, France; European Network for Rare and Complex Epilepsies (EPICARE) (D.G., S.R.); Service de Neurologie 2-Mazarin (A.A., D.P.), Hôpitaux Universitaires La Pitié-Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, APHP; Inserm U1127 CNRS UMR 7225 (A.A., D.P.), Institut Du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, Sorbonne Universités, Paris; and Lyon's Neuroscience Research Center (S.R.), INSERM U1028/CNRS UMR 5292; Université Lyon 1 Claude Bernard, France
| | - Alberto Vogrig
- From the French Reference Center on Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes and Autoimmune Encephalitis (J.B., S.M.-C., A.V., A.F., A.-L.P., G.P., V.R., J.H., B.J.), Hospices Civils de Lyon; Synaptopathies and Autoantibodies (SynatAc) Team (J.B., S.M.-C., A.V., A.F., A.-L.P., G.P., V.R., J.H., B.J.), Institut NeuroMyoGène, MELIS, INSERM U1314/CNRS UMR 5284, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1; Epileptology-EEG Department (J.B.), Neurology, Pasteur2 Hospital, University Hospitals of Nice; Côte d'Azur University (J.B.), UR2CA, URRIS, Pasteur2 Hospital, University Hospitals of Nice; Department of Functional Neurology and Epileptology (D.G., S.R.), Hospices Civils de Lyon, France; European Network for Rare and Complex Epilepsies (EPICARE) (D.G., S.R.); Service de Neurologie 2-Mazarin (A.A., D.P.), Hôpitaux Universitaires La Pitié-Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, APHP; Inserm U1127 CNRS UMR 7225 (A.A., D.P.), Institut Du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, Sorbonne Universités, Paris; and Lyon's Neuroscience Research Center (S.R.), INSERM U1028/CNRS UMR 5292; Université Lyon 1 Claude Bernard, France
| | - Antonio Farina
- From the French Reference Center on Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes and Autoimmune Encephalitis (J.B., S.M.-C., A.V., A.F., A.-L.P., G.P., V.R., J.H., B.J.), Hospices Civils de Lyon; Synaptopathies and Autoantibodies (SynatAc) Team (J.B., S.M.-C., A.V., A.F., A.-L.P., G.P., V.R., J.H., B.J.), Institut NeuroMyoGène, MELIS, INSERM U1314/CNRS UMR 5284, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1; Epileptology-EEG Department (J.B.), Neurology, Pasteur2 Hospital, University Hospitals of Nice; Côte d'Azur University (J.B.), UR2CA, URRIS, Pasteur2 Hospital, University Hospitals of Nice; Department of Functional Neurology and Epileptology (D.G., S.R.), Hospices Civils de Lyon, France; European Network for Rare and Complex Epilepsies (EPICARE) (D.G., S.R.); Service de Neurologie 2-Mazarin (A.A., D.P.), Hôpitaux Universitaires La Pitié-Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, APHP; Inserm U1127 CNRS UMR 7225 (A.A., D.P.), Institut Du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, Sorbonne Universités, Paris; and Lyon's Neuroscience Research Center (S.R.), INSERM U1028/CNRS UMR 5292; Université Lyon 1 Claude Bernard, France
| | - Anne-Laurie Pinto
- From the French Reference Center on Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes and Autoimmune Encephalitis (J.B., S.M.-C., A.V., A.F., A.-L.P., G.P., V.R., J.H., B.J.), Hospices Civils de Lyon; Synaptopathies and Autoantibodies (SynatAc) Team (J.B., S.M.-C., A.V., A.F., A.-L.P., G.P., V.R., J.H., B.J.), Institut NeuroMyoGène, MELIS, INSERM U1314/CNRS UMR 5284, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1; Epileptology-EEG Department (J.B.), Neurology, Pasteur2 Hospital, University Hospitals of Nice; Côte d'Azur University (J.B.), UR2CA, URRIS, Pasteur2 Hospital, University Hospitals of Nice; Department of Functional Neurology and Epileptology (D.G., S.R.), Hospices Civils de Lyon, France; European Network for Rare and Complex Epilepsies (EPICARE) (D.G., S.R.); Service de Neurologie 2-Mazarin (A.A., D.P.), Hôpitaux Universitaires La Pitié-Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, APHP; Inserm U1127 CNRS UMR 7225 (A.A., D.P.), Institut Du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, Sorbonne Universités, Paris; and Lyon's Neuroscience Research Center (S.R.), INSERM U1028/CNRS UMR 5292; Université Lyon 1 Claude Bernard, France
| | - Geraldine Picard
- From the French Reference Center on Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes and Autoimmune Encephalitis (J.B., S.M.-C., A.V., A.F., A.-L.P., G.P., V.R., J.H., B.J.), Hospices Civils de Lyon; Synaptopathies and Autoantibodies (SynatAc) Team (J.B., S.M.-C., A.V., A.F., A.-L.P., G.P., V.R., J.H., B.J.), Institut NeuroMyoGène, MELIS, INSERM U1314/CNRS UMR 5284, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1; Epileptology-EEG Department (J.B.), Neurology, Pasteur2 Hospital, University Hospitals of Nice; Côte d'Azur University (J.B.), UR2CA, URRIS, Pasteur2 Hospital, University Hospitals of Nice; Department of Functional Neurology and Epileptology (D.G., S.R.), Hospices Civils de Lyon, France; European Network for Rare and Complex Epilepsies (EPICARE) (D.G., S.R.); Service de Neurologie 2-Mazarin (A.A., D.P.), Hôpitaux Universitaires La Pitié-Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, APHP; Inserm U1127 CNRS UMR 7225 (A.A., D.P.), Institut Du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, Sorbonne Universités, Paris; and Lyon's Neuroscience Research Center (S.R.), INSERM U1028/CNRS UMR 5292; Université Lyon 1 Claude Bernard, France
| | - Veronique Rogemond
- From the French Reference Center on Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes and Autoimmune Encephalitis (J.B., S.M.-C., A.V., A.F., A.-L.P., G.P., V.R., J.H., B.J.), Hospices Civils de Lyon; Synaptopathies and Autoantibodies (SynatAc) Team (J.B., S.M.-C., A.V., A.F., A.-L.P., G.P., V.R., J.H., B.J.), Institut NeuroMyoGène, MELIS, INSERM U1314/CNRS UMR 5284, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1; Epileptology-EEG Department (J.B.), Neurology, Pasteur2 Hospital, University Hospitals of Nice; Côte d'Azur University (J.B.), UR2CA, URRIS, Pasteur2 Hospital, University Hospitals of Nice; Department of Functional Neurology and Epileptology (D.G., S.R.), Hospices Civils de Lyon, France; European Network for Rare and Complex Epilepsies (EPICARE) (D.G., S.R.); Service de Neurologie 2-Mazarin (A.A., D.P.), Hôpitaux Universitaires La Pitié-Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, APHP; Inserm U1127 CNRS UMR 7225 (A.A., D.P.), Institut Du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, Sorbonne Universités, Paris; and Lyon's Neuroscience Research Center (S.R.), INSERM U1028/CNRS UMR 5292; Université Lyon 1 Claude Bernard, France
| | - Deborah Guery
- From the French Reference Center on Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes and Autoimmune Encephalitis (J.B., S.M.-C., A.V., A.F., A.-L.P., G.P., V.R., J.H., B.J.), Hospices Civils de Lyon; Synaptopathies and Autoantibodies (SynatAc) Team (J.B., S.M.-C., A.V., A.F., A.-L.P., G.P., V.R., J.H., B.J.), Institut NeuroMyoGène, MELIS, INSERM U1314/CNRS UMR 5284, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1; Epileptology-EEG Department (J.B.), Neurology, Pasteur2 Hospital, University Hospitals of Nice; Côte d'Azur University (J.B.), UR2CA, URRIS, Pasteur2 Hospital, University Hospitals of Nice; Department of Functional Neurology and Epileptology (D.G., S.R.), Hospices Civils de Lyon, France; European Network for Rare and Complex Epilepsies (EPICARE) (D.G., S.R.); Service de Neurologie 2-Mazarin (A.A., D.P.), Hôpitaux Universitaires La Pitié-Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, APHP; Inserm U1127 CNRS UMR 7225 (A.A., D.P.), Institut Du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, Sorbonne Universités, Paris; and Lyon's Neuroscience Research Center (S.R.), INSERM U1028/CNRS UMR 5292; Université Lyon 1 Claude Bernard, France
| | - Agusti Alentorn
- From the French Reference Center on Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes and Autoimmune Encephalitis (J.B., S.M.-C., A.V., A.F., A.-L.P., G.P., V.R., J.H., B.J.), Hospices Civils de Lyon; Synaptopathies and Autoantibodies (SynatAc) Team (J.B., S.M.-C., A.V., A.F., A.-L.P., G.P., V.R., J.H., B.J.), Institut NeuroMyoGène, MELIS, INSERM U1314/CNRS UMR 5284, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1; Epileptology-EEG Department (J.B.), Neurology, Pasteur2 Hospital, University Hospitals of Nice; Côte d'Azur University (J.B.), UR2CA, URRIS, Pasteur2 Hospital, University Hospitals of Nice; Department of Functional Neurology and Epileptology (D.G., S.R.), Hospices Civils de Lyon, France; European Network for Rare and Complex Epilepsies (EPICARE) (D.G., S.R.); Service de Neurologie 2-Mazarin (A.A., D.P.), Hôpitaux Universitaires La Pitié-Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, APHP; Inserm U1127 CNRS UMR 7225 (A.A., D.P.), Institut Du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, Sorbonne Universités, Paris; and Lyon's Neuroscience Research Center (S.R.), INSERM U1028/CNRS UMR 5292; Université Lyon 1 Claude Bernard, France
| | - Dimitri Psimaras
- From the French Reference Center on Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes and Autoimmune Encephalitis (J.B., S.M.-C., A.V., A.F., A.-L.P., G.P., V.R., J.H., B.J.), Hospices Civils de Lyon; Synaptopathies and Autoantibodies (SynatAc) Team (J.B., S.M.-C., A.V., A.F., A.-L.P., G.P., V.R., J.H., B.J.), Institut NeuroMyoGène, MELIS, INSERM U1314/CNRS UMR 5284, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1; Epileptology-EEG Department (J.B.), Neurology, Pasteur2 Hospital, University Hospitals of Nice; Côte d'Azur University (J.B.), UR2CA, URRIS, Pasteur2 Hospital, University Hospitals of Nice; Department of Functional Neurology and Epileptology (D.G., S.R.), Hospices Civils de Lyon, France; European Network for Rare and Complex Epilepsies (EPICARE) (D.G., S.R.); Service de Neurologie 2-Mazarin (A.A., D.P.), Hôpitaux Universitaires La Pitié-Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, APHP; Inserm U1127 CNRS UMR 7225 (A.A., D.P.), Institut Du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, Sorbonne Universités, Paris; and Lyon's Neuroscience Research Center (S.R.), INSERM U1028/CNRS UMR 5292; Université Lyon 1 Claude Bernard, France
| | - Sylvain Rheims
- From the French Reference Center on Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes and Autoimmune Encephalitis (J.B., S.M.-C., A.V., A.F., A.-L.P., G.P., V.R., J.H., B.J.), Hospices Civils de Lyon; Synaptopathies and Autoantibodies (SynatAc) Team (J.B., S.M.-C., A.V., A.F., A.-L.P., G.P., V.R., J.H., B.J.), Institut NeuroMyoGène, MELIS, INSERM U1314/CNRS UMR 5284, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1; Epileptology-EEG Department (J.B.), Neurology, Pasteur2 Hospital, University Hospitals of Nice; Côte d'Azur University (J.B.), UR2CA, URRIS, Pasteur2 Hospital, University Hospitals of Nice; Department of Functional Neurology and Epileptology (D.G., S.R.), Hospices Civils de Lyon, France; European Network for Rare and Complex Epilepsies (EPICARE) (D.G., S.R.); Service de Neurologie 2-Mazarin (A.A., D.P.), Hôpitaux Universitaires La Pitié-Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, APHP; Inserm U1127 CNRS UMR 7225 (A.A., D.P.), Institut Du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, Sorbonne Universités, Paris; and Lyon's Neuroscience Research Center (S.R.), INSERM U1028/CNRS UMR 5292; Université Lyon 1 Claude Bernard, France
| | - Jérôme Honnorat
- From the French Reference Center on Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes and Autoimmune Encephalitis (J.B., S.M.-C., A.V., A.F., A.-L.P., G.P., V.R., J.H., B.J.), Hospices Civils de Lyon; Synaptopathies and Autoantibodies (SynatAc) Team (J.B., S.M.-C., A.V., A.F., A.-L.P., G.P., V.R., J.H., B.J.), Institut NeuroMyoGène, MELIS, INSERM U1314/CNRS UMR 5284, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1; Epileptology-EEG Department (J.B.), Neurology, Pasteur2 Hospital, University Hospitals of Nice; Côte d'Azur University (J.B.), UR2CA, URRIS, Pasteur2 Hospital, University Hospitals of Nice; Department of Functional Neurology and Epileptology (D.G., S.R.), Hospices Civils de Lyon, France; European Network for Rare and Complex Epilepsies (EPICARE) (D.G., S.R.); Service de Neurologie 2-Mazarin (A.A., D.P.), Hôpitaux Universitaires La Pitié-Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, APHP; Inserm U1127 CNRS UMR 7225 (A.A., D.P.), Institut Du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, Sorbonne Universités, Paris; and Lyon's Neuroscience Research Center (S.R.), INSERM U1028/CNRS UMR 5292; Université Lyon 1 Claude Bernard, France
| | - Bastien Joubert
- From the French Reference Center on Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes and Autoimmune Encephalitis (J.B., S.M.-C., A.V., A.F., A.-L.P., G.P., V.R., J.H., B.J.), Hospices Civils de Lyon; Synaptopathies and Autoantibodies (SynatAc) Team (J.B., S.M.-C., A.V., A.F., A.-L.P., G.P., V.R., J.H., B.J.), Institut NeuroMyoGène, MELIS, INSERM U1314/CNRS UMR 5284, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1; Epileptology-EEG Department (J.B.), Neurology, Pasteur2 Hospital, University Hospitals of Nice; Côte d'Azur University (J.B.), UR2CA, URRIS, Pasteur2 Hospital, University Hospitals of Nice; Department of Functional Neurology and Epileptology (D.G., S.R.), Hospices Civils de Lyon, France; European Network for Rare and Complex Epilepsies (EPICARE) (D.G., S.R.); Service de Neurologie 2-Mazarin (A.A., D.P.), Hôpitaux Universitaires La Pitié-Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, APHP; Inserm U1127 CNRS UMR 7225 (A.A., D.P.), Institut Du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, Sorbonne Universités, Paris; and Lyon's Neuroscience Research Center (S.R.), INSERM U1028/CNRS UMR 5292; Université Lyon 1 Claude Bernard, France.
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