title: Anti-Ma-associated encephalitis due to dysgerminoma in a woman with Swyer syndrome.
abstract: Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis (PLE)/diencephalitis associated with anti-Ma2 antibodies was linked to testicular cancer and non-small-cell lung cancer (non-SCLC).(1,2) We report a case of anti-Ma-associated PLE/diencephalitis due to dysgerminoma in a woman with gonadal dysgenesis, or Swyer syndrome.
authors.affiliation: King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia. IbtisamA.Thubaiti@kfsh.med.sa
authors.forename: Ibtisam
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Al-Thubaiti
authors.forename: Kefah
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Al-Hayek
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Binfalah
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000276:immunology*; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D004407:Dysgerminoma / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006061:Gonadal Dysgenesis, 46,XY / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D020363:Limbic Encephalitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D001323:Autoantibodies; C119249:Ma2 antigen; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins