N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis with Psychiatric Symptoms and an Ovarian Teratoma Detected by MRI in a 17-Year-Old Girl

Neuropediatrics. 2019 Aug;50(4):253-256. doi: 10.1055/s-0039-1692417. Epub 2019 Jun 4.

Abstract

N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis is a rare antibody-mediated autoimmune encephalitis often associated with an ovarian teratoma in adolescent females. Here we present a 17-year-old girl with only and unusual psychiatric symptoms as part of her NMDAR encephalitis in combination with a very small ovarian teratoma suspected by magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and finally histologically confirmed. We further review the literature of NMDAR encephalitis in combination with an ovarian teratoma and discuss the recommended radiological workup in children with a suspected ovarian tumor.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis / complications*
  • Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis / diagnostic imaging
  • Anxiety / complications*
  • Depression / complications*
  • Dissociative Disorders / complications*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / complications*
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Teratoma / complications*
  • Teratoma / diagnostic imaging