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

الطب البشري

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