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Course: Severe Hippocampal Atrophy in a Patient With Autoimmune Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein Astrocytopathy

CME Credits: 1.00

Released: 2023-04-10

A 33-year-old man with autoimmune glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) astrocytopathy presented with headache, fever, quadriparesis, and reduced visual acuity in the left eye to the emergency department. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed longitudinally extensive spinal cord hyperintensities and a normal cerebral scan (A and A). Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis revealed an elevated lymphocytic cell count (154 cell/?L). CSF polymerase chain reaction test results for herpes simplex virus 1 and 2, varicella-zoster virus, Epstein-Barr virus, cytomegalovirus, John Cunningham virus, HIV, and varicella-zoster virus IgG/IgM were negative. The patient was diagnosed with noninfectious meningoencephalomyelitis and received high-dose intravenous methylprednisone.


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