Senarai novel khadijah hashimotos encephalopathy

INTRODUCTION

Hashimoto encephalopathy (HE) is an uncommon syndrome associated with Hashimoto thyroiditis (HT). "Steroid-responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis" (SREAT) and a more general term, "nonvasculitic autoimmune meningoencephalitis," are also used to describe this condition.

Originally described in 1966, it remains a somewhat controversial disorder [1].

Senarai novel khadijah hashimotos encephalopathy

HE is most often characterized by a subacute onset of confusion with altered level of consciousness, seizures, and myoclonus. In contrast with the cognitive dysfunction associated with hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism, HE is believed to be an immune-mediated disorder rather than representing the direct effect of an altered thyroid state on the central nervous system.

HE will be reviewed here.

HT and other neurologic complications of thyroid disease are discussed separately. (See "Pathogenesis of Hashimoto's thyroiditis (chronic autoimmune thyroiditis)" and "Myxedema coma" and "Neurologic manifest