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Autoimmune Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (Gfap) Astrocytopa-Thy Accompanied with Reversible Splenial Lesion Syndrome (RESLES): A Case Report and Literature Review

Background: Autoimmune glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) astrocytopathy usually presents as meningoencephalomyelitis. Many patients developed flu-like symptoms preceding the neurologic symptoms. Reversible lesion in the splenium of the corpus callosum (SCC) is a clinical and radiological syndro...

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Autores principales: Wang, Siting, Yuan, Jianlan, Liu, Jingli
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10136966/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37190624
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13040659
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Yuan, Jianlan
Liu, Jingli
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description Background: Autoimmune glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) astrocytopathy usually presents as meningoencephalomyelitis. Many patients developed flu-like symptoms preceding the neurologic symptoms. Reversible lesion in the splenium of the corpus callosum (SCC) is a clinical and radiological syndrome secondary to many kinds of etiologies, including infections, which is termed RESLES. Case presentation: we reported a case developing irregularly high fever, both temporal pain, low limbs fatigue with frequent urination admitted to our neurology department. CSF test showed GFAP-IgG positive, elevated WBC counts and protein, with low glucose and chlorine, while MRI showed a reversible lesion on SCC, leading us to diagnose autoimmune GFAP autocytopathy accompanied with RESLES. The boy had significantly improved after anti-virus and steroids therapy. Discussion: Autoimmune GFAP autocytopathy accompanied with RESLES is rarely seen, and pathogenesis for the co-existence has not been clarified. Autoimmune GFAP autocytopathy and RESLES are both related to viral infection. Our case covered infectious symptoms and improved after antiviral treatment, suggesting virus infection may perform a key role in pathogenesis.
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spelling pubmed-101369662023-04-28 Autoimmune Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (Gfap) Astrocytopa-Thy Accompanied with Reversible Splenial Lesion Syndrome (RESLES): A Case Report and Literature Review Wang, Siting Yuan, Jianlan Liu, Jingli Brain Sci Case Report Background: Autoimmune glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) astrocytopathy usually presents as meningoencephalomyelitis. Many patients developed flu-like symptoms preceding the neurologic symptoms. Reversible lesion in the splenium of the corpus callosum (SCC) is a clinical and radiological syndrome secondary to many kinds of etiologies, including infections, which is termed RESLES. Case presentation: we reported a case developing irregularly high fever, both temporal pain, low limbs fatigue with frequent urination admitted to our neurology department. CSF test showed GFAP-IgG positive, elevated WBC counts and protein, with low glucose and chlorine, while MRI showed a reversible lesion on SCC, leading us to diagnose autoimmune GFAP autocytopathy accompanied with RESLES. The boy had significantly improved after anti-virus and steroids therapy. Discussion: Autoimmune GFAP autocytopathy accompanied with RESLES is rarely seen, and pathogenesis for the co-existence has not been clarified. Autoimmune GFAP autocytopathy and RESLES are both related to viral infection. Our case covered infectious symptoms and improved after antiviral treatment, suggesting virus infection may perform a key role in pathogenesis. MDPI 2023-04-14 /pmc/articles/PMC10136966/ /pubmed/37190624 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13040659 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Autoimmune Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (Gfap) Astrocytopa-Thy Accompanied with Reversible Splenial Lesion Syndrome (RESLES): A Case Report and Literature Review
title Autoimmune Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (Gfap) Astrocytopa-Thy Accompanied with Reversible Splenial Lesion Syndrome (RESLES): A Case Report and Literature Review
title_full Autoimmune Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (Gfap) Astrocytopa-Thy Accompanied with Reversible Splenial Lesion Syndrome (RESLES): A Case Report and Literature Review
title_fullStr Autoimmune Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (Gfap) Astrocytopa-Thy Accompanied with Reversible Splenial Lesion Syndrome (RESLES): A Case Report and Literature Review
title_full_unstemmed Autoimmune Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (Gfap) Astrocytopa-Thy Accompanied with Reversible Splenial Lesion Syndrome (RESLES): A Case Report and Literature Review
title_short Autoimmune Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (Gfap) Astrocytopa-Thy Accompanied with Reversible Splenial Lesion Syndrome (RESLES): A Case Report and Literature Review
title_sort autoimmune glial fibrillary acidic protein (gfap) astrocytopa-thy accompanied with reversible splenial lesion syndrome (resles): a case report and literature review
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10136966/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37190624
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13040659
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