RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Steroid responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis presenting with late onset depression
JF Neurosciences Journal
JO Neurosciences (Riyadh)
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 196
OP 199
VO 15
IS 3
A1 Babtain, Fawzi A.
YR 2010
UL http://nsj.org.sa/content/15/3/196.abstract
AB Steroid responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis (SREAT), (also known as Hashimoto’s encephalopathy) is a rare autoimmune encephalitis associated with high antithyroid antibodies, and presents with a relapsing-remitting or monophasic course, consisting of confusion, seizures, psychosis, dementia, or stroke-like episodes. In this report, a late onset depression was the initial presentation of SREAT in a middle aged patient, something rarely described before, indicating the need to suspect SREAT as a possible etiology for depression in this age group.