Steroid responsive catatonia: A case of Hashimoto’s encephalopathy
| Title: | Steroid responsive catatonia: A case of Hashimoto’s encephalopathy |
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| Authors: | Ritu Shree; Govind Madhaw; Rajat Manchanda; Divya M Radhakrishnan; Niraj Kumar |
| Source: | Annals of Movement Disorders, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 51-55 (2020) |
| Publisher Information: | Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications |
| Publication Year: | 2020 |
| Collection: | Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
| Subject Terms: | autoimmune thyroiditis; catatonia; corticosteroids; hashimoto’s encephalopathy; thyroid peroxidase; Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system; RC346-429 |
| Description: | Hashimoto’s encephalopathy (HE) commonly presents with two types of neurological presentation: recurrent stroke-like episodes or seizures and progressive cognitive decline. Being a treatable disorder, one cannot afford to miss the diagnosis. We report a female with HE who presented with a history of recurrent episodes of catatonia, recovering completely with steroids. The diagnosis of the primary disease got delayed for 5 months. HE presenting as catatonia has been reported rarely. A high degree of suspicion in appropriate clinical settings, resulting in early diagnosis, is rewarding as HE usually show good response to corticosteroids. |
| Document Type: | article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2590-3446 |
| Relation: | http://www.aomd.in/article.asp?issn=2590-3446;year=2020;volume=3;issue=1;spage=51;epage=55;aulast=Shree; https://doaj.org/toc/2590-3446; https://doaj.org/toc/2590-3454; https://doaj.org/article/0ce28d9b4d8e4ef7b6b266f902159762 |
| DOI: | 10.4103/AOMD.AOMD_32_19 |
| Availability: | https://doi.org/10.4103/AOMD.AOMD_32_19; https://doaj.org/article/0ce28d9b4d8e4ef7b6b266f902159762 |
| Accession Number: | edsbas.14AEC627 |
| Database: | BASE |