N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis with Psychiatric Symptoms and an Ovarian Teratoma Detected by MRI in a 17-Year-Old Girl.
Journal
Neuropediatrics
ISSN: 1439-1899
Titre abrégé: Neuropediatrics
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 8101187
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 2019
08 2019
Historique:
pubmed:
5
6
2019
medline:
4
6
2020
entrez:
5
6
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis is a rare antibody-mediated autoimmune encephalitis often associated with an ovarian teratoma in adolescent females. Here we present a 17-year-old girl with only and unusual psychiatric symptoms as part of her NMDAR encephalitis in combination with a very small ovarian teratoma suspected by magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and finally histologically confirmed. We further review the literature of NMDAR encephalitis in combination with an ovarian teratoma and discuss the recommended radiological workup in children with a suspected ovarian tumor.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31163454
doi: 10.1055/s-0039-1692417
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
253-256Informations de copyright
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
All authors have no conflicts of interest related to this article.