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| Year : 2020 | Volume
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Steroid responsive catatonia: A case of Hashimoto’s encephalopathy
Ritu Shree, Govind Madhaw, Rajat Manchanda, Divya M Radhakrishnan, Niraj Kumar
Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Niraj Kumar
Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand.
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | 3 |
DOI: 10.4103/AOMD.AOMD_32_19
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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. |
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