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| Year : 2017 | Volume
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Hashimoto's encephalopathy in a 10-year-old girl
V Shobi Anandi, Shaila Bhattacharyya, Bidisha Banerjee
Department of Pediatrics, Manipal Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
V Shobi Anandi
Department of Pediatrics, Manipal Hospital, Bengaluru - 560 017, Karnataka
India
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DOI: 10.4103/trp.trp_41_16
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Hashimoto's encephalopathy (HE) is a rare but probably an unrecognized and underdiagnosed condition in children. Early diagnosis is critical since these patients respond dramatically to corticosteroid therapy. The diagnosis of HE requires a strong clinical suspicion along with a triad of positive antithyroid antibodies, encephalopathy not explained by another etiology, and a response to corticosteroids. We report the case of a 10-year-old female child with HE and review the literature.
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