2018
DOI: 10.1093/omcr/omy073
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Steroid-responsive encephalopathy with a peculiar CSF biomarker profile in an 89-year-old man

Abstract: Being treatable, steroid-responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis (SREAT), or Hashimoto’s encephalopathy, should be distinguished from untreatable conditions. Our patient was a previously healthy 89-year-old man, who presented with cognitive and balance deterioration over several months. His cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examination was positive for protein 14-3-3 but no other test suggested Creutzfeldt–Jacob disease. His condition improved markedly, although not fully, with intravenous cor… Show more

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