A Patient with Thyrotoxic Autoimmune Encephalopathy.
- Author:
Sang Won SEO
1
;
Byung In LEE
;
Jong Doo LEE
;
Sun Ah PARK
;
Kyu Sik KIM
;
Seo Hyun KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Korea. bilee@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Hashimoto's encephalopathy;
Thyrotoxicosis;
Thyroid-related autoantibodies
- MeSH:
Autoantibodies;
Dementia;
Humans;
Hyperthyroidism;
Myoclonus;
Steroids;
Thyrotoxicosis
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
2001;19(6):665-668
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
