Necrotic mature ovarian teratoma associated with anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor encephalitis

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 208, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 497-500

  Dulcey, Isabel ^a   Céspedes, Marino U ^a   Ballesteros, Jose L ^a   Preda, Ovidiu ^b   Aneiros Fernández, José ^a   Clavero, Pedro A ^a   Nogales, Francisco F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anti N methyl d aspartate receptor; Autoimmune disease; Encephalitis; Ovary; Teratoma

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; RITUXIMAB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTI N METHYL D ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY TERATOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ANTI-N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NECROSIS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARIECTOMY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; TERATOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864086899     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2012.05.018     Document Type: Article

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