Steroid-responsive encephalopathy associated with Hashimoto's thyroiditis in an adolescent with chronic hallucinations and depression: case report and review

Pediatrics. 2003 Sep;112(3 Pt 1):686-90. doi: 10.1542/peds.112.3.686.

Authors

Farid H Mahmud¹, Aida N Lteif, Deborah L Renaud, Ann M Reed, Chad K Brands

Affiliation

¹ Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. mahmud.farid@mayo.edu

PMID: 12949305
DOI: 10.1542/peds.112.3.686

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Depression / etiology*
Encephalitis / drug therapy*
Encephalitis / etiology*
Female
Hallucinations / etiology*
Humans
Prednisone / therapeutic use*
Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / complications*

Substances

Prednisone