J Korean Neurol Assoc.
2001 Nov;19(6):665-668.
A Patient with Thyrotoxic Autoimmune Encephalopathy
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- 1Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Korea. bilee@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
- 2Department of Nuclear Medicine, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Korea.
Abstract
- Hashimoto's encephalopathy is a steroid responsive relapsing disorder associated with high titers of thyroid-related autoantibodies that presents with subacute progressive dementia and myoclonus. Although most patients reported have been either euthyroid or hypothyroid at the time of presentation, we present a patient with Hashimoto's encephalopathy with thyrotoxicosis that was successfully managed with steroids and antihyperthyroid therapy. We recommend that encephalopathy presented in patients with hyperthyroidism should be tested with thyroid-related autoantibodies and managed with steroid and antihyperthyroid therapy.
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