Magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance spectroscopy in a young male patient with anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis and uncommon cerebellar involvement: A case report with review of the literature

Neuroradiology Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 30-35

  Splendiani, Alessandra ^a   Felli, Valentina ^a   Di Sibio, Alessandra ^a   Gennarelli, Antonio ^a   Patriarca, Lucia ^a   Stratta, Paolo ^b   Di Cesare, Ernesto ^a   Rossi, Alessandro ^a   Massimo, Gallucci ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b SAN SALVATORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti NMDAR encephalitis; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OLANZAPINE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ASPARTIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; N-ACETYLASPARTATE;

ACUTE PSYCHOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC ENCEPHALITIS; ANTI N METHYL D ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FAINTNESS; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVIEW; WALKING DIFFICULTY; ADULT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANTI-N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; CEREBELLUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTI-N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; ASPARTIC ACID; BIOMARKERS; CEREBELLUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROTON MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84958950973     PISSN: 19714009     EISSN: 23851996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1971400915609333     Document Type: Review

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