A Patient of Thyroid Storm with Neurological Manifestations and MRI Abnormalities

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 25(3); 2007 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 2007;25(3): 386-389.

자기공명영상의 이상 소견 및 신경학적 증상을 동반한 갑상선 폭풍 1예

김영도, 박인석 송인욱 김중석 김영인 이광수

가톨릭대학교 의과대학 신경과학교실

A Patient of Thyroid Storm with Neurological Manifestations and MRI Abnormalities

Young-Do Kim

Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

Thyrotoxicosis autoimmune encephalopathy (TAE) and Hashimoto’s encephalopathy (HE) are steroid responsive disorders of persistent or relapsing neurological or neuropsychological deficits associated with elevated serum concentrations of an antithyroid antibody. Most patients with TAE or HE are reported to have normal brain imaging findings at the time of presentation. We report here a rare case of TAE in whom brain MRI abnormalities were associated with clinical manifestations of thyroid storm. KeyWords:Thyrotoxicosis autoimmune encephalopathy, Thyroid storm, Magnetic resonance imaging