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Autoimmune thyroiditis and a rapidly progressive dementia: global hypoperfusion on SPECT scanning suggests a possible
C M Forchetti1, G Katsamakis, D C Garron
1Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612-3824, USA.
Neurology
|August 1, 1997
Abstract:
We report the clinical, laboratory, EEG, and SPECT findings in a 59-year-old euthyroid woman with previously undiagnosed autoimmune thyroiditis, subclinical hypothyroidism, and rapidly progressive dementia. We made a diagnosis of Hashimoto's encephalopathy based on elevated thyrotropin, abnormal EEG, and clinical improvement after thyroid hormone replacement. SPECT demonstrated global hypoperfusion with normalization on clinical recovery, suggesting a possible mechanism for the pathogenesis of Hashimoto's encephalopathy.