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Challenges in Corticosteroid Dose Regulation in a Patient With Autoimmune Thyroid Disease and Neuropsychiatric Syndrome: A Running Commentary Publisher



Bidaki R1, 2 ; Saghafi F3 ; Ahrari S4 ; Aghamollaii V5 ; Rahmani M6 ; Asadi A6
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Source: Clinical Case Reports Published:2021


Abstract

In the following, we report a therapeutic challenge faced by reduction in corticosteroid therapeutic dosage in a patient diagnosed with Hashimoto's encephalopathy (HE), which is equivalent to corticosteroid-responsive encephalopathy related to autoimmune thyroiditis and often misdiagnosed as neuropsychiatric status. The patient developed psychiatric symptoms. © 2021 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.