Immune mediated pediatric encephalitis - need for comprehensive evaluation and consensus guidelines.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Autoimmune encephalitis is characterized by neuropsychiatric symptoms associated with brain inflammation. The differential is usually broad and Psychiatry often collaborates with Neurology in diagnostic clarification and symptom management. At least 40% of neuroencephalitis cases are of unknown etiology which adds to difficulties in making the right diagnosis and deciding on the appropriate treatment (Granerod et al., Lancet Infect Dis 10:835-44, 2010). The aim of this case series was to present four cases with complicated psychiatric symptomatology and isolated neurologic signs and symptoms, evaluated at a large tertiary medical center and treated for suspected autoimmune encephalitis, demonstrating the complexity of diagnosis and treatment. CASE PRESENTATION:Four diagnosticall

SUBMITTER: Shekunov J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6996166 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature