A Rare Case Of Hashimoto's Encephalopathy Responding To Plasma Exchange
Creators
- 1. Consultant Physician, Government Hospital Palsana
- 2. Associate Professor, BJ Medical and Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad.
- 3. Medical Officer, Medical College Bhavnagar
- 4. Dow International Medical College
- 5. Lahore Medical and Dental College
- 6. Intern, BJ Medical and Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad.
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ABSTRACT
Hashimoto’s encephalopathy is one of the rare causes of encephalopathy of unknown etiology. It manifests with neuropsychiatric symptoms. The estimated prevalence is 2/100,0001. Hashimoto’s encephalopathy is characterized by elevated antithyroid antibodies in absence of infections, tumors or stroke of central nervous system2-4. The disease manifests with wide array of clinical features which can be cognitive fluctuations, ataxia, myoclonus, seizures5-10. Psychitric manifestations like depression, mania, psychosis, and hallucinations have also been reported11-13. Anti thyroid antibodies are considered to be the biomarkers of the disorder but the titers of the antibodies do not correlate with the severity of the disease presentation 14-15.
Keywords: Hashimoto’s encephalopathy, Hashimoto’s encephalopathy
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