Tijdschrift voor Psychiatrie
Publication date:
2018-01-01
Volume:
60
Pages:
120 -
123
Author:
Geerts, H
Emmery, P ; Spaas, K ; Klockaerts, Catherine ; Danckaerts, Marina
Keywords:
Adolescent, Adrenal Cortex Hormones, Encephalitis, Hashimoto Disease, Humans, Male, Thyroxine, Treatment Outcome, Psychiatry
Abstract:
Hashimoto encephalopathy (he) is a rare disorder with a great diversity in clinical presentation of neurological and/or psychiatric symptoms. We describe a case of Hashimoto thyroiditis with hypothyroidism and Hashimoto encephalopathy in a fifteen-year-old boy who was referred to a child and adolescent psychiatrist due to a suspicion of a psychotic episode. Patient recovered after treatment with levothyroxine and corticosteroids.