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We report a case of 34-year-old woman presenting with complaints of abnormal posturing of hand and tonic-clonic seizures of few days' duration, which soon progressed to psychotic episodes and injuries secondary to fall/abnormal movements. She underwent F-FDG PET for a suspicion of encephalitis, which revealed increased FDG uptake in the bilateral parietotemporal lobes (right more than left), anterior cingulate cortex, bilateral basal ganglia, thalami, and cerebellum. This atypical pattern did not conform to any known pattern of encephalitis, which was later attributed to the presence of both anti-NMDAr and anti-GAD antibodies in blood and cerebrospinal fluid.

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Author

Nikhil Seniaray; Ritu Verma; Rajeev Ranjan; Ethel Belho; Harsh Mahajan

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)