Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis and Prolonged Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus

Abstract

A case of a 35-year-old woman with a 3 week history of headaches, short-term memory loss, and psychosis, diagnosed with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis and ovarian tumor, is reported from the University of Rochester Medical Center, NY, and University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia.

Keywords

• nonconvulsive status epilepticus
• pentobarbital coma
• cyclophosphamide