Serology was negative for HSV-1 IgG, indicating that the patient had a primary herpes virus infection. Figure 1: Brain MRI scans of a patient with acute herpes simplex type 1 encephalitis.

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

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 ...

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.

Among brain tumors, gliomas are the most common and aggressive, leading to a very short life expectancy in their highest grade. Thus, treatment planning is a key stage to improve the quality of life ...

Kwaszewska, Anna D. et al. "Anti-LGI1-antibody autoimmune encephalitis as a neurological paraneoplastic syndrome associated with gastrointestinal stromal tumour: a case report." ...

With the increasing use of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), neurologists encounter more immune-related adverse events (irAEs). Since the mortality rate of encephalitis occurring as an irAE ...

Background Data regarding long-term recovery from autoimmune encephalitis (AE) remain limited. Methods This retrospective observational study investigated outcomes in 182 patients who met the 2016 ...