A case of autoimmune encephalitis in a patient with a solitary intracranial plasmacytoma

• Published in: Internal Medicine p. 2888-23
• Main Authors: Mizutani, Keisuke, Sakurai, Keita, Uchida, Yuto, Hashimoto, Ken, Kajiguchi, Tomohiro, Takahashi, Yukitoshi, Yuasa, Hiroyuki, Takada, Koji, Matsukawa, Noriyuki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2024
• Subjects: anti-glutamate receptor; autoimmune encephalitis; paraneoplastic syndromes; solitary plasmacytoma; autoimmune encephalitis; paraneoplastic syndromes; solitary plasmacytoma; anti-glutamate receptor

A 65-year-old woman presented with fever and abnormal behavior. Magnetic resonance imaging showed swelling of the left medial temporal lobe and an intracranial extra-axial occipital tumor. While her neurological symptoms improved after the administration of corticosteroid therapy under the suspicion...