Atypical occurrence of anti-Ma2-associated encephalitis after breast cancer surgery and COVID-19

In this report, we present a rare case of anti-Ma2-associated encephalitis concurrent with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) following breast cancer surgery. The patient exhibited minimal clinical symptoms of COVID-19 infection but developed seizures and altered mental status after surgery, leadin...

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Published in:Encephalitis (Online) 2023-07, Vol.3 (3), p.97-101
Main Authors: Seo, Jungyun, Kim, Hong Nam, Kwon, Minsuk, Kim, Tae-Joon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
breast neoplasms
Case Report
covid-19
limbic encephalitis
ma2 antigen
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Summary:In this report, we present a rare case of anti-Ma2-associated encephalitis concurrent with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) following breast cancer surgery. The patient exhibited minimal clinical symptoms of COVID-19 infection but developed seizures and altered mental status after surgery, leading to diagnosis of a classic paraneoplastic syndrome. This case highlights the possibility of paraneoplastic neurological syndrome even after cancer surgery and the need for careful consideration of post-acute infection syndromes when neurological symptoms occur following an infection.
ISSN:2765-4559
2734-1461
DOI:10.47936/encephalitis.2023.00080