Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis

This art was for a monograph about anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis, created to show how teratomas can cause progressive neurologic and psychiatric symptoms. If the teratoma is found and removed, a reversal of these symptoms is often possible.

This is the 12th case I’ve illustrated for the ‘Cases from the Cooky Jar’ series in RadioGraphics, and you can read the publication I co-authored with Dr’s Klontzas, Sheikhbahaei, and Cornejo, here: https://doi.org/10.1148/rg.220173

Read more from the series here