Journal of Clinical Review & Case Reports(JCRC)
ISSN: 2573-9565 | DOI: 10.33140/JCRC
Impact Factor: 1.823
A case of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis with thymoma
Abstract
Wu Yanyan, Zhang Tingting, Liu Beibei, Kuang Xiaoxiao, Kang Tingting, Yang Yindong
To explore the clinical characteristics, imaging examination, test characteristics, diagnostic ideas and treatment plans of anti-N-methyl-D aspartate receptor encephalitis, so as to better understand anti-NMAD receptor encephalitis.
Methods: To analyze the diagnosis and treatment process of a case of anti-NMAD receptor encephalitis with thymoma admitted to the Department of Neurology of our hospital on May 31, 2021, and review the relevant literature.
Results: In this article, the anti-NMAD encephalitis patients with pons as the main affected site also had thymoma, their disease progressed rapidly, clinical manifestations, imaging examinations were not typical, the effect of hormone therapy was not good, and the prognosis was poor.