Open AccessHashimoto's encephalopathy: an under diagnosed entity
Author(s) -
Anil Bhansali,
Petrilla Jayaprakash,
Pinaki Dutta,
Rama Walia,
Rajaram Anantharaman,
Manish Modi
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr.12.2008.1355
Subject(s) - medicine , levothyroxine , thyroiditis , encephalopathy , glucocorticoid , pediatrics , hashimoto disease , neurology , thyroid peroxidase , thyroid , psychiatry
We describe a 60-year-old woman with Hashimoto's thyroiditis who presented with neuropsychiatric manifestations even on optimal and stable doses of levothyroxine replacement therapy. She had high anti-thyroid peroxidase antibody and responded to glucocorticoid treatment.