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MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND RELATED DISORDERS
Volume 21, Issue -, Pages 84-87Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2018.02.020
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Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP); Astrocytopathy; Herpes simplex viral (HSV); Encephalitis
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- PUMC education reform fund [2017zlgc0121]
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Autoimmune glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) astrocytopathy is a novel autoimmune disease. This is the first report of a case of autoimmune GFAP astrocytopathy after herpes simplex viral encephalitis (HSVE). A 35-yearold female patient presented with a combination of headache, fever, seizure and psychiatric/behavioral abnormalities. She had GFAP-IgG in both serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with gadolinium-enhancement revealed linear enhancement oriented radially to the ventricles. After treatment with corticosteroids, her symptoms were alleviated, the lesions enhancement reduced, and the immunoreactive intensity of GFAP-IgG decreased. This case shows an observational link between HSVE and autoimmune GFAP astrocytopathy, suggesting that autoimmune GFAP astrocytopathy may provide a new differential diagnosis for relapsing HSVE.
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