TY  -  JOUR
AU  -  Carlone, Cristiano
AU  -  Todini, Liliana
AU  -  Marini, Isabella
AU  -  Majorana, Michele
AU  -  Casciato, Sara
AU  -  Giallonardo, Anna Teresa
AU  -  Pallagrosi, Mauro
AU  -  Salviati, Massimo
AU  -  Biondi, Massimo
T1  -  Acute psychiatric presentation of steroid-responsive encephalopathy: the underrecognized side of autoimmune thyroiditis
PY  -  2013
Y1  -  2013-03-01
DO  -  10.1708/1272.14042
JO  -  Rivista di Psichiatria
JA  -  Riv Psichiatr
VL  -  48
IS  -  2
SP  -  169
EP  -  173
PB  -  Il Pensiero Scientifico Editore
SN  -  2038-2502
Y2  -  2026/04/27
UR  -  http://dx.doi.org/10.1708/1272.14042
N2  -  SUMMARY. Steroid-responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis (SREAT), also known as Hashimoto encephalopathy, represents a rare disorder of presumed autoimmune origins that can be diagnosed when a protean variety of psychiatric symptoms are present in association with elevated titers of anti-thyroid antibodies. Symptoms can have a rapid and complete remission with corticosteroid treatment. A 19-year-old girl, with clinical history of Basedow-Graves disease, has been admitted to our department after presenting acute psychiatric symptomatology. Clinical and serological findings were used to formulate the diagnosis of SREAT, confirmed by subsequent positive response to corticosteroid treatment. SREAT can mimic an acute psychiatric symptomatology, thus it seems extremely relevant for psychiatrists to consider this syndrome in differential diagnosis algorithm, especially in those patients presenting a history of autoimmune thyroid disorder, in order to ensure adequate diagnosis and treatment.
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