1. Leucine-Rich Glioma Inactivated-1 and Voltage-Gated Potassium Channel Autoimmune Encephalitis Associated with Ischemic Stroke: A Case Report
- Author
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Marisa P. McGinley, Sarkis Morales-Vidal, and Sean Ruland
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Case Report ,Disease ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,lcsh:RC346-429 ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Limbic Encephalitis ,Glioma ,ischemic stroke ,medicine ,lcsh:Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system ,voltage-gated potassium channel ,Autoimmune encephalitis ,biology ,business.industry ,Limbic encephalitis ,Voltage-gated potassium channel ,medicine.disease ,Voltage gated potassium channel ,Virology ,autoimmune encephalitis ,Potassium channel ,Neurology ,Leucine-rich glioma inactivated-1 ,Immunology ,biology.protein ,Neurology (clinical) ,Antibody ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Encephalitis ,Neuroscience - Abstract
Autoimmune encephalitis is associated with a wide variety of antibodies and clinical presentations. Voltage gated potassium channel (VGKC) antibodies are a cause of autoimmune non-paraneoplastic encephalitis characterized by memory impairment, psychiatric symptoms, and seizures. We present a case of VGKC encephalitis likely preceding an ischemic stroke. Reports of autoimmune encephalitis associated with ischemic stroke are rare. Several hypothesizes linking these two disease processes are proposed.
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- 2016