New-Onset Status Epilepticus in an 11-year-old Patient with Thyroid Autoimmune Dysfunction: A Case Report of Pediatric Hashimoto Encephalopathy
Aldo F. Costa,
Joaquín A. Fernández-Ramos,
Cristina Cazorla
et al.
Abstract:Hashimoto encephalopathy (HE) is a neuropsychiatric syndrome associated with positive thyroid antibodies (Ab). Its pathophysiology is still in debate and pediatric cases are considered rare. We present a case of an 11-year-old girl with new-onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE) who presented a good initial response to corticosteroids but then required a second line of treatment with mycophenolate. In children presenting with NORSE of suspected autoimmune origin and no identification of autoimmune encepha… Show more
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