Reversible dementia with psychosis: Hashimoto’s encephalopathy
- 15 November 2006
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
- Vol. 60 (6), 761-763
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1819.2006.01593.x
Abstract
A case of presumed Hashimoto's encephalopathy (HE) is presented. The presentation included memory loss, delusions, functional decline and culminated in a generalized seizure. Anti-thyroid antibodies were detected and symptoms resolved with prednisolone. Patients with HE may present with prominent neuropsychiatric symptoms, attract psychiatric diagnoses and present to psychiatric services. Primarily a diagnosis of exclusion, HE should be considered in cases of encephalopathy in which standard investigations are negative.Keywords
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