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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2014 Oct 14;1338(1):94–114. doi: 10.1111/nyas.12553

Figure 7.

Figure 7

Plasma cell infiltrates in the brain of a patient with anti-NMDAR encephalitis. Paraffin embedded sections of brain biopsy of a patient with anti-NMDAR encephalitis. CD138+ cells (plasma cells/plasmablasts) are present in perivascular, Virchow-Robin (A), and interstitial spaces (B). In Virchow-Robin spaces (A) the CD138+ cells are in perivascular regions (arrows) and along the tissue surface (arrow heads) that delineates spaces containing CSF and small vessels (v). The plasma cells/plasmablasts indicated with arrows are amplified in the inset in A. Scales = 20 μm. Adapted from Martinez-Hernandez and colleagues,152 with permision.