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| LETTER TO THE EDITOR |
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| Year : 2017 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 133 |
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Encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroid disease in an 11-year-old girl, a rare clinical presentation
Mahmood Dhahir Al-Mendalawi
Department of Paediatrics, Al-Kindy College of Medicine, Baghdad University, Baghdad, Iraq
| Date of Web Publication | 9-Oct-2017 |
Correspondence Address:
Mahmood Dhahir Al-Mendalawi
P.O. Box 55302, Baghdad Post Office, Baghdad
Iraq
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DOI: 10.4103/trp.trp_20_17
How to cite this article:
Al-Mendalawi MD. Encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroid disease in an 11-year-old girl, a rare clinical presentation. Thyroid Res Pract 2017;14:133 |
How to cite this URL:
Al-Mendalawi MD. Encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroid disease in an 11-year-old girl, a rare clinical presentation. Thyroid Res Pract [serial online] 2017 [cited 2021 Feb 27];14:133. Available from: https://www.thetrp.net/text.asp?2017/14/3/133/216207 |
Sir,
I read with interest the case report by Nayanar et al. on encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroid disease (ATD) in an 11-year-old girl.[1] The authors came to the diagnosis of hyperthyroid encephalopathy associated ATD based on suggestive clinical presentation and high thyroid profile with positive thyroperoxidase antibody.[1] It is obvious that ATD has been associated with a variety of connective tissue diseases, particularly systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Published data from India revealed protean SLE neuropsychiatric manifestations that might mimic those related to ATD.[2] The spectrum of thyroid disorders in SLE has been extensively studied in India where 36% of SLE patients had thyroid dysfunction.[3] Importantly, primary hypothyroidism was the most common dysfunction in 14%, while subclinical hypothyroidism and subclinical hyperthyroidism were seen in 12% and 2%, respectively.[3] It has been suggested that hyperthyroidism associated with SLE might be a form of presentation of thyroiditis and this association might pass unnoticed because of the similarity of some clinical manifestations. Moreover, ATD might precede or follow SLE.[4] I presume that the authors ought to consider SLE as a coexistent disease in the studied patient. Implementing appropriate tests, particularly estimating serum antinuclear antibodies, anti-dsDNA antibodies, anti-neuronal antibodies, and anti-ribosomal antibodies was envisaged. More importantly, measuring serum anti-histone antibodies ought to receive ample consideration as it has been noticed to be positive at the time of the onset of hyperthyroidism in SLE patients.[5] If that battery of tests disclosed underlying SLE, the case in question could be considered a novel case report as encephalopathy secondary to ATD-associated SLE has never been reported in the pediatric literature so far.
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| 1. | Nayanar MC, Vadalivala S, Noorani T, Shah H. Encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroid disease in an 11-year-old girl, a rare clinical presentation. Thyroid Res Pract 2017;14:38-40.  [Full text] |
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