Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis in a 14-year-old female presenting as malignant catatonia: medical and psychiatric approach to treatment

Psychosomatics. 2013 Nov-Dec;54(6):585-9. doi: 10.1016/j.psym.2013.03.002. Epub 2013 Jul 10.

Authors

Jo Ellen Wilson¹, John Shuster, Catherine Fuchs

Affiliation

¹ Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 23849593
DOI: 10.1016/j.psym.2013.03.002

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis / etiology
Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis / therapy*
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived / therapeutic use
Catatonia / etiology
Catatonia / therapy*
Electroconvulsive Therapy*
Female
Humans
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / therapeutic use
Immunologic Factors / therapeutic use*
Ovarian Neoplasms / complications
Ovarian Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Ovarian Neoplasms / surgery
Rituximab
Teratoma / complications
Teratoma / diagnosis*
Teratoma / surgery

Substances

Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
Immunologic Factors
Rituximab

Supplementary concepts

Teratoma, Ovarian