Open AccessEncephalitis due to antibodies to voltage gated potassium channel (VGKC) with cerebellar involvement in a teenager
Author(s) -
Megan Langille,
Jay Desai
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
annals of indian academy of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1998-3549
pISSN - 0972-2327
DOI - 10.4103/0972-2327.150623
Subject(s) - limbic encephalitis , medicine , encephalitis , voltage gated potassium channel , potassium channel , neuroimaging , pathology , antibody , neuroscience , immunology , psychology , psychiatry , virus
Encephalitis due to antibodies to voltage gated potassium channel (VGKC) typically presents with limbic encephalitis and medial temporal lobe involvement on neuroimaging. We describe a case of 13 year girl female with encephalitis due to antibodies to VGKC with signal changes in the cerebellar dentate nuclei bilaterally and clinical features that suggested predominant cerebellar involvement. These have never been reported previously in the literature. Our case expands the phenotypic spectrum of this rare condition.