GAD antibody-associated limbic encephalitis in a young woman with APECED

Abstract

Episodic nausea cannot only be a sign of Addison's disease, but can also be caused by epileptic seizures with gastrointestinal aura due to limbic encephalitis.GAD antibodies are not only found in diabetes mellitus type 1, but they are also associated with autoimmune limbic encephalitis and can appear over time.Limbic encephalitis can be another manifestation of autoimmune disease in patients with APECED/APS-1 that presents over the time course of the disease.