Conclusions Paraneoplastic anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis is potentially lethal, but usually reversible if promptly recognized and treated. It should be suspected in young women with prominent ...

A repeat MRI brain with and without contrast demonstrated T2/fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) hyperintensities of the left frontal and medial temporal lobe and right cingulate gyrus (which ...

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The limbic system is defined as the brain networking system responsible for controlling emotional drives and memory formation.

He was soon diagnosed with limbic encephalitis - a rare neurological condition that causes inflammation in the brain, leading to epilepsy and severe memory loss.

In this Case Study, the authors describe paraneoplastic psychosis and catatonia in a patient with encephalitis associated with an immature teratoma of the ovary and NMDA receptor antibodies.

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