Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis.
- Author:
Jin Hwi KANG
1
;
Sung Hyun LEE
;
Jae Won SHIN
;
Mi Young AHN
;
Shin Hye BAEK
;
Hyung Suk LEE
;
Ji Seon KIM
;
Dong Ick SHIN
;
Sang Soo LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea. sunghlee@chungbuk.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Anti-NMDAR encephalitis;
Teratoma;
Dyskinesia
- MeSH:
Adult;
Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis;
Antibodies;
Coma;
Dyskinesias;
Encephalitis;
Female;
Fever;
Humans;
Korea;
N-Methylaspartate;
Primary Dysautonomias;
Teratoma
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
2011;29(4):339-342
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A severe, but reversible encephalitis associated with antibodies to the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) was identified recently in young women with ovarian teratoma. This condition has not been reported previously in Korea. A 31-year-old woman presented with fever and behavioral disturbances; she became comatose several days later, and dyskinesia and dysautonomia developed thereafter. Antibodies to the NMDAR were positive and abdominal computed tomography detected a large ovarian teratoma. The patient improved dramatically after the removal of the teratoma and administration of corticosteroid therapy.
