Two cases of acute limbic encephalitis in which symptoms improved as a result of laparoscopic salpingo-oophorectomy

Two cases of acute limbic encephalitis in which symptoms improved as a result of laparoscopic salpingo-oophorectomy

Anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antibody encephalitis is an autoimmune form of limbic encephalitis. Eighty percent of patients with anti-NMDA receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis are women, and 39% of those women are reported to have an ovarian teratoma also. When a tumor is also present, prompt...

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Main Authors: Atsumu Terada, Shingo Tasaki, Takashi Tachibana, Yoshitaka Sakamoto, Masato Yokomine, Takuya Shimomura, Fumihiro Murakami
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-02-01
Series:Gynecology and Minimally Invasive Therapy
Subjects:
laparoscopic surgery
NMDA receptor antibody encephalitis
teratoma
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213307016300405

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