Hashimoto’s Encephalopathy: An Unusual Cause of Autoimmune Encephalopathy in a Clinically and Biochemically Euthyroid Patient

Hashimoto’s Encephalopathy: An Unusual Cause of Autoimmune Encephalopathy in a Clinically and Biochemically Euthyroid Patient

Objectives: To highlight the occurrence of Hashimoto’s encephalopathy – a steroid-responsive encephalopathy associated with elevated antithyroid antibodies. Material and methods: We describe a clinically and biochemically euthyroid patient with an encephalopathy presenting with headache, mild confu...

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Main Authors: Senthil Chandrasekaram, Emily Mudenha, Buddhike A Mendis, Antal Szabo, Devaka JS Fernando
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SMC MEDIA SRL 2014-10-01
Series:European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
Subjects:
Autoimmune thyroid disease, encephalopathy, hashimotos disease
Online Access:http://ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/141

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