PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Deandra Kimberly Chetram
AU  - Kelsey Pan
AU  - Aisha Elfasi
AU  - Merry Markham
TI  - Anti-NMDAR encephalitis presenting after immature teratoma resection
AID  - 10.1136/bcr-2021-244637
DP  - 2021 Nov 01
TA  - BMJ Case Reports
PG  - e244637
VI  - 14
IP  - 11
4099  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/14/11/e244637.short
4100  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/14/11/e244637.full
SO  - BMJ Case Reports2021 Nov 01; 14
AB  - This is a case of a young woman who developed neurological and psychiatric symptoms 3 days after resection of an immature teratoma. She was diagnosed with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis via positive serum antibody titres, which was later confirmed with cerebrospinal fluid antibody titres. Given her cancer diagnosis, she underwent treatment with bleomycin, etoposide and cisplatin chemotherapy in addition to 5 days of high-dose steroids (1 g of intravenous methylprednisolone) for the encephalitis. This treatment regimen led to significant clinical improvement 3 weeks after completion of one cycle of chemotherapy.