Hashimoto Encephalopathy in Case of Progressive Cognitive Impairment; a Case Report

Abstract

Hashimoto's encephalopathy (HE) is a rare condition characterized by atypical psychiatric and heterogeneous neurological manifestations such as acute cerebral ischemia, seizure, tremors, myoclonus, psychosis, depression, cognitive disorders, and fluctuating loss of consciousness. Here, a case of 28 year-old man was reported who referred to the emergency department (ED) with different acute neurologic disorders and final diagnose of HE.

Keywords

• Encephalopathy
• unconsciousness
• cognition disorders
• immunoglobulins, thyroid-stimulating
• neurologic Manifestations