Open AccessAn unusual presentation of Hashimoto′s encephalopathy
Author(s) -
Rajeev Philip,
Sonal Saran,
Manish Gutch,
Keshavkumar Gupta
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8210.126589
Subject(s) - medicine , encephalopathy , myoclonus , presentation (obstetrics) , case presentation , pediatrics , thyroiditis , disease , pathology , psychiatry , surgery
Hashimoto's encephalopathy (HE) is a rare steroid-responsive encephalopathy syndrome, which can have highly variable neuropsychiatric manifestations and can go unrecognized for a long time. HE is a diagnosis of exclusion and should be kept in mind when evaluating a patient with a cognitive dysfunction and high titers of anti-thyroid antibodies as it responds dramatically to steroids. Steroid responsive myoclonus can be a presentation of HE.