Alabssi Haila, Almulhim Nouf F, Al-Omari Mohammed, Safar Ayat H
College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Pediatrics, King Fahd Hospital of the University, AlKhobar, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.
Neuropediatrics. 2024 Apr;55(2):124-128. doi: 10.1055/a-2212-6936. Epub 2023 Nov 16.
Post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination encephalitis is rarely reported particularly in the pediatric population. Herein, we report the first case of postvaccination anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) encephalitis in close temporal association with receiving COVID-19 vaccine in a pediatric patient. The patient is a 13-year-old female who received the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and presented with subacute neurological and psychiatric symptoms and eventually confirmed the diagnosis of anti-NMDA autoimmune encephalitis. The patient recovered after receiving intravenous immunoglobulins and steroids.
2019冠状病毒病(COVID-19)疫苗接种后脑炎鲜有报道,尤其是在儿科人群中。在此,我们报告首例在儿科患者中与接种COVID-19疫苗在时间上密切相关的接种后抗N-甲基-D-天冬氨酸(NMDA)受体脑炎病例。该患者为一名13岁女性,接种了第一剂辉瑞- BioNTech COVID-19疫苗,出现亚急性神经和精神症状,最终确诊为抗NMDA自身免疫性脑炎。患者在接受静脉注射免疫球蛋白和类固醇治疗后康复。