Anesthetic Management of Patients with Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate Receptor Encephalitis: A Report of Two Cases

Abstract

CASE DESCRIPTION Case 1A 20-year-old woman (157 cm, 51 kg) was admitted to the neurologic ward because of intermittent headache and dizziness, followed with convulsion and visual hallucination over the last two weeks. Previous history revealed a left ovarian teratoma, which was diagnosed one and a half years ago. During the following week after admission, she manifested agitation, orofacial dyskinesias, incoherent speech and involuntary movements of the upper extremities.