Author(s): Dias, G ; Mendinhos, G ; Igreja, F ; Pereira, JS
Date: 2015
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.10/1582
Origin: Repositório do Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca
Subject(s): Neoplasias do ovário; Encefalite; Teratoma
Author(s): Dias, G ; Mendinhos, G ; Igreja, F ; Pereira, JS
Date: 2015
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.10/1582
Origin: Repositório do Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca
Subject(s): Neoplasias do ovário; Encefalite; Teratoma
Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor encephalitis may be associated with ovarian teratoma and results in a characteristic syndrome that presents with psychiatric symptoms, rapid decline of the level of consciousness, central hypoventilation and seizures. Immunotherapy and resection of teratoma are effective therapies.