Anti-NMDAR Encephalitis: Higher Suspicious Needed for Earlier Diagnosis (Case Report, Literature Review and Diagnostic Criteria)
المؤلفون المشاركون
Amugoda, Chanaka
Chini Foroush, Noushin
Akhlaghi, Hamed
المصدر
Case Reports in Neurological Medicine
العدد
المجلد 2019، العدد 2019 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2019)، ص ص. 1-5، 5ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2019-12-28
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
5
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Background.
Auto-immune mediated anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis is a very common delayed diagnosed encephalitis which predominately affecting young population.
Objectives.
This encephalitis is relatively unknown amongst emergency physicians and a majority of patients are admitted to psychiatric wards before their diagnosis is confirmed and appropriate treatments are commenced.
We reported a case of a 22-year-old female presented to our emergency department with acute psychiatric symptoms.
She was initially diagnosed with first presentation of acute psychosis and was hospitalised under mental health act.
further assessment in the emergency department identified possible an organic cause for her acute psychosis and she was later admitted under medical team after her mental health assessment order was revoke.
Several days later, her CSF result was positive with anti-NMDA receptor anti-bodies.
Appropriate treatments were instituted leading to her full recovery.
Conclusion.
This case was the first confirmed anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis in our emergency department.
It highlights the importance of thorough assessment of psychiatric presentations to emergency departments and consideration of auto-immune medicated encephalitis as one of the differential diagnosis in young patients presenting with first acute psychotic episode.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Amugoda, Chanaka& Chini Foroush, Noushin& Akhlaghi, Hamed. 2019. Anti-NMDAR Encephalitis: Higher Suspicious Needed for Earlier Diagnosis (Case Report, Literature Review and Diagnostic Criteria). Case Reports in Neurological Medicine،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1141358
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Amugoda, Chanaka…[et al.]. Anti-NMDAR Encephalitis: Higher Suspicious Needed for Earlier Diagnosis (Case Report, Literature Review and Diagnostic Criteria). Case Reports in Neurological Medicine No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1141358
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Amugoda, Chanaka& Chini Foroush, Noushin& Akhlaghi, Hamed. Anti-NMDAR Encephalitis: Higher Suspicious Needed for Earlier Diagnosis (Case Report, Literature Review and Diagnostic Criteria). Case Reports in Neurological Medicine. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1141358
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-1141358
قاعدة معامل التأثير والاستشهادات المرجعية العربي "ارسيف Arcif"
أضخم قاعدة بيانات عربية للاستشهادات المرجعية للمجلات العلمية المحكمة الصادرة في العالم العربي
تقوم هذه الخدمة بالتحقق من التشابه أو الانتحال في الأبحاث والمقالات العلمية والأطروحات الجامعية والكتب والأبحاث باللغة العربية، وتحديد درجة التشابه أو أصالة الأعمال البحثية وحماية ملكيتها الفكرية. تعرف اكثر