2017
DOI: 10.15406/jnsk.2017.06.00195
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Hormone Responsive Hashimoto Encephalopathy: A Case of Hashimoto Encephalopathy Treated with only Oral Thyroid Medication and Symptomatic Therapy for Seizures and Psychosis, but without Steroids

Abstract: Hashimoto encephalopathy is a rare disease associated with autoimmune thyroiditis. Symptoms may include delirium, encephalopathy, seizures, and psychosis. Pathophysiology of this disease is not completely understood. This condition is often under-diagnosed if not suspected and should be considered in patients with diverse neuropsychiatric manifestations in whom no obvious etiology of encephalopathy can be determined. Anti-thyroid antibodies and thyroid peroxidase antibodies are crucial for diagnosis. Along wit… Show more

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