Anti-N-Methyl-d-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis Presenting as Isolated Psychosis in an Adolescent Female

Pediatr Neurol. 2019 Aug:97:76-77. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2019.03.016. Epub 2019 Mar 28.
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Keywords: Autoimmune encephalitis; Behavioral disturbance; Ovarian teratoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis / diagnosis*
  • Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis / etiology
  • Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis / psychology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Early Diagnosis
  • Female
  • Hallucinations / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / therapeutic use
  • Immunotherapy
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / complications
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / surgery
  • Ovariectomy
  • Paranoid Disorders / etiology*
  • Remission Induction
  • Teratoma / complications
  • Teratoma / surgery
  • Thinking

Substances

  • Immunoglobulins, Intravenous