జర్నల్ ఆఫ్ అల్జీమర్స్ డిసీజ్ & పార్కిన్సోనిజం

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A Rare Case of Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis with Ovarian Teratoma in the Setting of VZV Encephalitis

Michelle Thomas, Alexandra Haigh, Tarun Girotra, Elizabeth Macri

Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis (NMDA-RE) is rare autoimmune encephalitis, which classically has been associated with ovarian teratoma but rarely with concomitant viral encephalitis. Physicians need to be aware that patients may have NMDAR antibodies present in the CSF even if the serum test is negative. The patients would have never been correctly diagnosed if she had solely been tested for NMDAR antibodies in the serum.