Title:Diagnostic Approach and Treatment Regimens in Adult Patients Suffering from Antibody-
mediated or Paraneoplastic Encephalitis
Volume: 28
Issue: 6
Author(s): Stefan Macher*, Gabriel Bsteh, Thomas Berger and Romana Höftberger
Affiliation:
- Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Keywords:
Antibody-mediated encephalitis, paraneoplastic encephalitis, auto-antibodies, treatment, regimens, immunotherapy.
Abstract: Identification of patients with antibody-mediated encephalitis poses a diagnostic challenge, and any
delay in that aspect will increase the interval until the initiation of immunotherapy and may negatively affect
the patient´s clinical outcome. Within this review, we focus on therapeutic strategies in antibody-mediated encephalitis
and propose how to proceed with patients who are suspected of having encephalitis of unknown
origin. We further briefly outline differences in the treatment of paraneoplastic and antibody-mediated encephalitis
according to its pathomechanisms.