Kurian Mary, Lalive Patrice H, Dalmau Josep O, Horvath Judit
Department of Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Arch Neurol. 2010 Jan;67(1):118-21. doi: 10.1001/archneurol.2009.299.
Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (anti-NMDAR) encephalitis has been recently reported as autoimmune/paraneoplastic encephalitis, affecting mostly young females.
To describe opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome in association with anti-NMDAR antibodies.
Case report.
Geneva University Hospital. Patient A 23-year-old woman with opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome.
Two weeks after an episode of gastroenteritis, the patient developed symptoms of depression associated with psychomotor slowing, progressive gait instability, and opsoclonus-myoclonus. Cerebrospinal fluid examination showed mild lymphocytic pleocytosis and intrathecal IgG synthesis with oligoclonal bands. The patient's condition worsened rapidly to an akinetic mutism, followed by a period of agitation, delirium, and hallucinations. These gradually subsided; however, a frontal behavior and executive dysfunction persisted 5 months after symptom presentation. No tumor was found. Anti-NMDAR antibodies were found in the cerebrospinal fluid.
Opsoclonus-myoclonus may occur in patients with anti-NMDAR encephalitis. Prompt diagnosis of this disorder is important because after tumor removal and immunomodulatory therapies it has a relatively good prognosis.
抗N-甲基-D-天冬氨酸受体(抗NMDAR)脑炎最近被报道为一种自身免疫性/副肿瘤性脑炎,主要影响年轻女性。
描述与抗NMDAR抗体相关的眼阵挛-肌阵挛综合征。
病例报告。
日内瓦大学医院。患者为一名患有眼阵挛-肌阵挛综合征的23岁女性。
在一次胃肠炎发作两周后,患者出现与精神运动迟缓相关的抑郁症状、进行性步态不稳和眼阵挛-肌阵挛。脑脊液检查显示轻度淋巴细胞增多以及伴有寡克隆带的鞘内IgG合成。患者病情迅速恶化至运动不能性缄默,随后出现一段时间的激越、谵妄和幻觉。这些症状逐渐消退;然而,在症状出现5个月后,额叶行为和执行功能障碍仍然存在。未发现肿瘤。脑脊液中发现抗NMDAR抗体。
抗NMDAR脑炎患者可能出现眼阵挛-肌阵挛。及时诊断这种疾病很重要,因为在切除肿瘤并进行免疫调节治疗后,其预后相对较好。