Antibodies against metabotropic glutamate receptor type 1 in a toddler with acute cerebellitis

J Neuroimmunol. 2020 Nov 15:348:577366. doi: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2020.577366. Epub 2020 Aug 21.

Abstract

Antibodies against metabotropic glutamate receptor type 1 (mGluR1) have been described in adults with paraneoplastic or non-paraneoplastic subacute cerebellitis. Patients responded to immunotherapy depending on disease duration. Here, we report on a 3 years 2 months old male toddler with acute onset ataxia and mGluR1 antibodies in serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). He was started on prednisolone 4 weeks after disease onset and remitted largely within half a year.

Keywords: Ataxia; Autoantibodies against metabotropic glutamate receptor type 1; Cerebellitis; Corticosteroids; Neuropediatrics.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
  • Autoantibodies / immunology
  • Autoantigens / immunology
  • Cerebellar Ataxia / drug therapy
  • Cerebellar Ataxia / immunology*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Encephalitis / drug therapy
  • Encephalitis / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Prednisolone / therapeutic use
  • Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate / immunology*

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Autoantibodies
  • Autoantigens
  • Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate
  • metabotropic glutamate receptor type 1
  • Prednisolone