Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift
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Dtsch. Med. Wochenschr. · Mar 1998
Review Case Reports[Autoimmune encephalopathy in Hashimoto's thyroiditis. A differential diagnosis in progressive dementia syndrome].
A 58-year-old woman, known for 10 years to have Hashimoto's thyroiditis, was admitted from another hospital where, after an initial period of unconsciousness, she had developed progressive severe dementia, abnormal arousal and generalized myoclonia. Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease (JCD) was suspected. ⋯ In case of rapidly progressive dementia autoimmune antibodies should be looked for in the differential diagnosis, because autoimmune disease may be the treatable cause.