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Test ID: ENS2

PEDIR ESTE TEST
Encephalopaty, Autoimmune / Paraneoplastic Evaluation, Serum

Useful For 

Evaluating new onset encephalopathy (noninfectious or metabolic) comprising confusional states, psychosis, delirium, memory loss, hallucinations, movement disorders, sensory or motor complaints, seizures, dyssomnias, ataxias, nausea, vomiting, inappropriate antidiuresis, coma, dysautonomias, or hypoventilation using serum specimens

The following accompaniments should increase of suspicion for autoimmune encephalopathy:
Headache
Autoimmune stigmata (personal or family history or signs of diabetes mellitus, thyroid disorder, vitiligo, poliosis [premature graying], myasthenia gravis, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus)
History of cancer
Smoking history (20 or more pack-years) or other cancer risk factors
Inflammatory cerebral spinal fluid (or isolated protein elevation)
Neuroimaging signs suggesting inflammation

Evaluating limbic encephalitis (noninfectious)

Directing a focused search for cancer

Investigating encephalopathy appearing during or after cancer therapy and not explainable by metastasis or drug effect

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