Successful early-stage corticosteroid treatment in a case of granulomatous angiitis of the central nervous system

S Yamada, N Atsuta, Y Motegi… - Rinsho Shinkeigaku …, 2003 - europepmc.org
A 74-year-old woman presented with progressive mental deterioration following a low-grade
fever and headache. Upon admission, she appeared lethargic, could not obey simple …

A neuropsychiatric presentation of seronegative autoimmune encephalitis: a case report

MF Ismail, E Moloney, DJ Costello, BJ Sweeney… - 2015 - cora.ucc.ie
Autoimmune encephalitis with negative paraneoplastic, infectious and serology markers
poses a considerable diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. We described a case with …

A case of Adult-onset Acute Flaccid Myelitis Accompanied by Rhombencephalitis which First Presented with Prominent Psychiatric Symptoms and Dysautonomia …

H Sumikura, M Ito, T Sato, N Hatayama, T Fujioka… - Internal …, 2024 - jstage.jst.go.jp
A 44-year-old woman with a subacute onset of an altered mental status, urinary retention,
and fluctuating blood pressure was initially diagnosed with anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate …

Seronegative limbic encephalitis manifesting as subacute amnestic syndrome: a case report and review of the literature

II Ismail, F Alnaser, JY Al-Hashel - Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2021 - Springer
Background Limbic encephalitis (LE), a variant of autoimmune encephalitis, is inflammation
of the limbic system of the brain. The disorder presents with subacute impairment of short …

Case of an anti‐N‐methyl‐d‐aspartate receptor encephalitis patient responding to cyclophosphamide with significant brain volume recovery

S Ashida, E Tanaka, S Ogura… - Clinical and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Anti‐N‐methyl‐d‐aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis is a severe form of
limbic encephalitis. Some patients with anti‐NMDAR encephalitis do not respond to …

Anti-NMDAR encephalitis with simultaneous hypertrophic pachymeningitis in a 68-year-old male: a rare case report

H Jia, X Xie, F Qi, L Wang, L Wang, F Che - BMC neurology, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis is one of the
most frequent types of autoimmune encephalitis. However, the instigating mechanisms are …

Granulomatous meningitis due to rheumatoid arthritis

MC Duray, E Marchand, S Gohy, B Weynand… - Acta Neurologica …, 2012 - Springer
Meningoencephalitis is a rare but aggressive complication of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The
most common complications of RA occur in the severe and chronic stages of the disease …

Rheumatoid disease: an unusual cause of relapsing meningoencephalitis

SK Alexander, M Di Cicco, U Pohl, A Cifelli - Case Reports, 2018 - casereports.bmj.com
A 73-year-old man presented with three episodes of dysphasia and disinhibited behaviour,
a single seizure and transient ischaemic attack-like events characterised by right arm and/or …

Limbic encephalitis: not a picture to forget

PF Chinnery, DA Cottrell, D Birchall, TD Griffiths - Neurology, 2004 - AAN Enterprises
A 36-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with three generalized
seizures following 5 days of pyrexia. Over the subsequent week she had clouded …

Autoimmune limbic encephalitis causing fits, rapidly progressive confusion and hyponatraemia

EJ Dunstan, JB Winer - Age and ageing, 2006 - academic.oup.com
A 78-year-old woman presented with a short history of confusion and seizures and was
found to be hyponatraemic. Routine investigations failed to find a cause. Magnetic …