Hashimoto’s encephalopathy mimicking Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

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• 作者：Angela C. Gauthier^a ; ^{angela.gauthier@yale.edu} ; Joachim M. Baehring^b ; ^{Joachim.baehring@yale.edu}
• 关键词：Hashimoto&rsquo ; s encephalopathy ; Dementia ; Cognition ; Ataxia ; Corticosteroids ; Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
• 刊名：Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：35
• 期：Complete
• 页码：72-73
• 全文大小：123 K
• 卷排序：35

文摘

Hashimoto’s encephalopathy is a rare, ill-defined, autoimmune neurologic disorder. A woman presents with subacute cognitive decline, ataxia, and myoclonus. Treatment with high dose corticosteroids quickly reverses symptoms. Consider Hashimoto’s encephalopathy after eliminating other etiologies.