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| Year : 2018 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 302-304 |
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Hashimoto's encephalopathy in a pregnant female: A diagnosis in disguise
Shri Ram Sharma1, Nalini Sharma2, Debjit Roy3
1 Department of Neurology, NEIGRIHMS, Shillong, Meghalaya, India
2 Department of Gynecology & Obstetric, NEIGRIHMS, Shillong, Meghalaya, India
3 Senior Resident, Deparment of Psychiatry, NEIGRIHMS, Shillong, Meghalaya, India
Correspondence Address:
Prof. Shri Ram Sharma
Department of Neurology, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong, Meghalaya
India
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DOI: 10.4103/ipj.ipj_63_17
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While Hashimoto's encephalopathy (HE) is quite rare, it is also likely that there are many more undiagnosed sufferers. Because it is little known and its symptoms are primarily neurological, it is easy to misdiagnose or overlook and the symptoms frequently lead to mistaken neurological diagnoses. We report a case of a 21-year-old female diagnosed with HE at 6 months of gestation. She was successfully treated. HE is a neuropsychiatric disorder of exclusion. As a good response can be obtained with corticosteroid therapy, early diagnosis and treatment is very beneficial for patients. To the best of our knowledge, there is no such report in the literature.
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