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Hashimoto's Encephalopathy Mimicking Migraine With Aura
Author(s) -
Huete Adolfo Jimenez,
SanchezdelRio Margarita,
Franch Oriol
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2006.00660.x
Subject(s) - migraine , medicine , encephalopathy , aura , migraine with aura , aphasia , pathology , psychiatry
We describe a patient with Hashimoto's encephalopathy presenting as long‐standing episodes of aphasia associated with migraine‐like headache. Repeated thyroid hormone levels were within normal values, but high titers of antithyroid antibodies in serum, and diffuse EEG slowing and CSF abnormalities during one episode led to the diagnosis.