• J. Neurol. Sci. · Jun 2012

    Case Reports

    N-methyl D-aspartate receptor antibody encephalitis associated with myelitis.

    • Catherine Pennington, Shona Livingstone, Celestine Santosh, and Saif Razvi.
    • Department of Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, 1345 Govan Road, Glasgow G51 4TF, Scotland. c.pennington@nhs.net
    • J. Neurol. Sci. 2012 Jun 15;317(1-2):151-3.

    AbstractEncephalitis associated with antibodies to the N-methyl D-aspartate receptor (NMDA-R) was first described in young women with ovarian teratoma. It has subsequently been described in men, children and in those without an underlying tumour. Characteristic clinical features include neuropsychiatric symptoms, seizures, movement disorders, hypoventilation and autonomic instability. Spinal cord disease in association with other typical clinical features has been described in only one patient previously. We report a patient presenting with myelitis, with typical features of NMDA-R associated encephalitis manifesting 3 months later.Copyright © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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