Hashimoto's encephalopathy - presenting with epilepsia partialis continua and a frontal lobe lesion

Lokesh A Rukmangadachar; Sudeepta Dandapat; Esther N Bit-Ivan; Yen-Yi Peng

doi:10.1002/ccr3.1306

Hashimoto's encephalopathy - presenting with epilepsia partialis continua and a frontal lobe lesion

Clin Case Rep. 2017 Dec 5;6(1):136-142. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.1306. eCollection 2018 Jan.

Authors

Lokesh A Rukmangadachar¹, Sudeepta Dandapat¹, Esther N Bit-Ivan², Yen-Yi Peng³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Springfield Illinois.
² Department of Pathology Memorial Medical Center Springfield Illinois.
³ Department of Neurology Renown Institute for Neuroscience, Renown Health University of Nevada Reno Nevada 89502.

Abstract

We report a case of Hashimoto's encephalopathy (HE), who presented with epilepsia partialis continua (EPC) and a frontal lobe lesion. The diagnosis of HE remained elusive until the serum thyroid antibodies became positive 7 months after the onset of EPC. The histopathology of this frontal lesion showed nonvasculitic inflammation.

Keywords: Epilepsia partialis continua; Hashimoto's encephalopathy; thyroglobulin antibody; thyroperoxidase antibody.

Publication types

Case Reports