A Case of Steroid Responsive Encephalopathy with Positive 14-3-3 Protein in CSF.
- Author:
Jung Seok LEE
1
;
Kang PARK
;
Jay Chol CHOI
;
Sa Yoon KANG
;
Ji Hoon KANG
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Cheju National University Hospital, Jeju, Korea. nrlee71@yahoo.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Encephalopathy;
Steroid
- MeSH:
14-3-3 Proteins;
Brain;
Female;
Gait;
Humans;
Middle Aged;
Prognosis;
Steroids
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
2008;26(1):63-66
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Encephalopathy is a term for any diffuse disease of brain that alters brain function or structure with very different etiologies and prognoses. There are some reports that steroids have good effects on some encephalopathies with nonvasculitic autoimmune causes. We describe a 63-year-old woman with a 3-month history of progressive gait disturbance, cognitive decline and increasing confusion in whom steroid treatment resulted in dramatic clinical recovery.
