Uncommon 18F-FDG-PET/CT findings in patients affected by limbic encephalitis: hyper-hypometabolic pattern with double antibody positivity and migrating foci of hypermetabolism

Autoimmune limbic encephalitis (LE) is a rare disorder; its diagnosis can be challenging. We report two uncommon cases of LE evaluated by brain 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-d-glucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography describing the metabolic imaging patterns, which were different from those observed in previous studies: the first one presented an unprecedented 18F-FDG brain mixed pattern, involving also the midbrain, despite negative magnetic resonance imaging exams; the second one showed migrating foci of hypermetabolism, one of which turned into hypometabolism at a later examination.