Hashimoto Encephalopathy in Case of Progressive Cognitive Impairment; a Case Report
Journal Title: Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 3
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.
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