Vgkc Encephalitis With Low-Titer Antibodies: Case Report

Authors

  • Sena Aksoy Department of Neurology, Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Training and Research Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Diseases, Istanbul, Turkey Author
  • Mina Uzülmez Department of Neurology, Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Training and Research Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Diseases, Istanbul, Turkey Author
  • Aysun Soysal Department of Neurology, Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Training and Research Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Diseases, Istanbul, Turkey Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47363/JNRRR/2020(2)118

Keywords:

Low-Titer Antibodies, Case Report, Neurological Examinations

Abstract

Voltage-gated potassium channel (VGKC) encephalitis is a type of autoimmune encephalitis, that presents with memory impairment, headache, psychiatric symptoms and seizures. Although contactin-associated protein 2 (CASPR2) and leucine-rich glioma inactivated 1 (LGI1) are clearly identifed as components of the VGKC complex, additional subtypes are known to exist. In this report, we present a case of 64-year-old patient with VGKC antibodies, negative for CASPR2 and LGI1.

Author Biographies

  • Sena Aksoy, Department of Neurology, Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Training and Research Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Diseases, Istanbul, Turkey

    Department of Neurology, Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Training and Research Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Diseases, Istanbul, Turkey

  • Mina Uzülmez, Department of Neurology, Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Training and Research Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Diseases, Istanbul, Turkey

    Department of Neurology, Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Training and Research Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Diseases, Istanbul, Turkey

  • Aysun Soysal, Department of Neurology, Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Training and Research Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Diseases, Istanbul, Turkey

    Department of Neurology, Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Training and Research Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Diseases, Istanbul, Turkey

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Published

2020-09-30

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 3 (2020): Volume 2 Issue 3

Section

Articles