Magnetic Resonance Imaging Features of GABA-A Receptor Antibody-Mediated Encephalitis

Omar Baqal; Aimen Vanood; Ehab Harahsheh

doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.5197

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Features of GABA-A Receptor Antibody-Mediated Encephalitis

JAMA Neurol. 2023 Apr 1;80(4):415-416. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.5197.

Authors

Omar Baqal¹, Aimen Vanood², Ehab Harahsheh²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona.
² Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona.

PMID: 36745432
DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.5197

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This case report describes a patient with status epilepticus and neuroimaging features of fleeting T2 fluid-attenuated inversion recovery hyperintense lesions on magnetic resonance imaging.

MeSH terms

Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System* / pathology
Brain / diagnostic imaging
Brain / pathology
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
Receptors, GABA-A*

Substances

Receptors, GABA-A