Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis and Encephalopathy
Open Access
- 1 January 2017
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. in World Journal of Neuroscience
- Vol. 07 (03), 307-326
- https://doi.org/10.4236/wjns.2017.73026
Abstract
Although very rare, the literature describes cases of Hashimoto encephalopathy attesting to its occurrence. Affected patients present with seizures, stroke-like episodes, transient focal and global neurological deficits, and a variety of neuropsychiatric disturbance from dementia to hallucinations and psychosis. The encephalopathy evolves with concomitantly elevated anti-thyroid peroxidase antibodies, independent from hormonal thyroid function setting it apart from thyrotoxicosis and myxedema. A new patient reported with Hashimoto’s encephalopathy, in whom neurocognitive impairment and stroke-like onset of hemiparesis and hemiparkinsonism correlated with brain magnetic resonance imaging fused with positron emission tomography.Keywords
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