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ea0024p50 | (1) | BSPED2010

Why the confusion in Hashimoto’s encephalopathy?

Anand G , Jayasekara A , Ibitoye R , Ray N , McShane M A , Ryan F J

Neurological complications of thyroid disease are well recognised; however the distinct clinical entity of encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroid disease has been only occasionally reported in the paediatric population. We describe a case of Hashimoto’s encephalopathy (HE) in a teenage girl.A 13-year-old girl presented with seizures and prolonged confusion. Baseline blood tests, CSF analysis and CT Brain were essentially normal. She was d...