Two cases of acute limbic encephalitis in which symptoms improved as a result of laparoscopic salpingo-oophorectomy

• Main Authors: Atsumu Terada (Author), Shingo Tasaki (Author), Takashi Tachibana (Author), Yoshitaka Sakamoto (Author), Masato Yokomine (Author), Takuya Shimomura (Author), Fumihiro Murakami (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2017-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antibody encephalitis is an autoimmune form of limbic encephalitis. Eighty percent of patients with anti-NMDA receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis are women, and 39% of those women are reported to have an ovarian teratoma also. When a tumor is also present, prompt...