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Case Report: Paraneoplastic Hashimoto's Encephalopathy Associated With Lymphomatosis Cerebri With Periodic Synchronous Discharges Resembling Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease
Hashimoto's encephalopathy (HE) is an autoimmune encephalopathy that presents with various clinical symptoms, including cognitive deterioration, convulsive seizures, and personality changes. HE is associated with thyroid autoimmunity; however, few cases have been reported to develop as paraneop...
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author | Amano, Ryota Tsukada, Setsuro Kosuge, Shota Yano, Satoshi Ono, Kenjiro Yoneda, Makoto Taki, Katsumi |
author_facet | Amano, Ryota Tsukada, Setsuro Kosuge, Shota Yano, Satoshi Ono, Kenjiro Yoneda, Makoto Taki, Katsumi |
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description | Hashimoto's encephalopathy (HE) is an autoimmune encephalopathy that presents with various clinical symptoms, including cognitive deterioration, convulsive seizures, and personality changes. HE is associated with thyroid autoimmunity; however, few cases have been reported to develop as paraneoplastic syndrome. Herein, we report the case of a 73-year-old woman with onset of rapidly progressive dementia. Brain magnetic resonance imaging showed diffuse T2 hyperintensity areas involving the bilateral cerebral white matter, right midbrain tegmental area, left cerebral peduncle, and right middle cerebellar peduncle without clear diffusion hyperintensities and gadolinium enhancement. Her neurological symptoms worsened rapidly, and she presented with the apallic syndrome. Electroencephalogram showed periodic synchronous discharge, suggestive of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. However, a brain biopsy revealed infiltration of atypical lymphoid cells expressing CD20, and the anti-NH2 terminal of the α-enolase antibody was detected, diagnosing the complication with lymphomatosis cerebri and HE. High-dose intravenous methylprednisolone therapy and oral prednisolone with whole cranial irradiation enabled her to have simple conversations and consume food orally; however, severe cognitive impairment persisted. Although HE is a rare complication of malignant lymphoma, clinicians should be aware that it could be strongly suspected if the clinical symptoms worsen in the absence of imaging changes. |
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spelling | pubmed-83841212021-08-25 Case Report: Paraneoplastic Hashimoto's Encephalopathy Associated With Lymphomatosis Cerebri With Periodic Synchronous Discharges Resembling Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease Amano, Ryota Tsukada, Setsuro Kosuge, Shota Yano, Satoshi Ono, Kenjiro Yoneda, Makoto Taki, Katsumi Front Neurol Neurology Hashimoto's encephalopathy (HE) is an autoimmune encephalopathy that presents with various clinical symptoms, including cognitive deterioration, convulsive seizures, and personality changes. HE is associated with thyroid autoimmunity; however, few cases have been reported to develop as paraneoplastic syndrome. Herein, we report the case of a 73-year-old woman with onset of rapidly progressive dementia. Brain magnetic resonance imaging showed diffuse T2 hyperintensity areas involving the bilateral cerebral white matter, right midbrain tegmental area, left cerebral peduncle, and right middle cerebellar peduncle without clear diffusion hyperintensities and gadolinium enhancement. Her neurological symptoms worsened rapidly, and she presented with the apallic syndrome. Electroencephalogram showed periodic synchronous discharge, suggestive of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. However, a brain biopsy revealed infiltration of atypical lymphoid cells expressing CD20, and the anti-NH2 terminal of the α-enolase antibody was detected, diagnosing the complication with lymphomatosis cerebri and HE. High-dose intravenous methylprednisolone therapy and oral prednisolone with whole cranial irradiation enabled her to have simple conversations and consume food orally; however, severe cognitive impairment persisted. Although HE is a rare complication of malignant lymphoma, clinicians should be aware that it could be strongly suspected if the clinical symptoms worsen in the absence of imaging changes. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-08-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8384121/ /pubmed/34447347 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2021.701178 Text en Copyright © 2021 Amano, Tsukada, Kosuge, Yano, Ono, Yoneda and Taki. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Neurology Amano, Ryota Tsukada, Setsuro Kosuge, Shota Yano, Satoshi Ono, Kenjiro Yoneda, Makoto Taki, Katsumi Case Report: Paraneoplastic Hashimoto's Encephalopathy Associated With Lymphomatosis Cerebri With Periodic Synchronous Discharges Resembling Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease |
title | Case Report: Paraneoplastic Hashimoto's Encephalopathy Associated With Lymphomatosis Cerebri With Periodic Synchronous Discharges Resembling Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease |
title_full | Case Report: Paraneoplastic Hashimoto's Encephalopathy Associated With Lymphomatosis Cerebri With Periodic Synchronous Discharges Resembling Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease |
title_fullStr | Case Report: Paraneoplastic Hashimoto's Encephalopathy Associated With Lymphomatosis Cerebri With Periodic Synchronous Discharges Resembling Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease |
title_full_unstemmed | Case Report: Paraneoplastic Hashimoto's Encephalopathy Associated With Lymphomatosis Cerebri With Periodic Synchronous Discharges Resembling Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease |
title_short | Case Report: Paraneoplastic Hashimoto's Encephalopathy Associated With Lymphomatosis Cerebri With Periodic Synchronous Discharges Resembling Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease |
title_sort | case report: paraneoplastic hashimoto's encephalopathy associated with lymphomatosis cerebri with periodic synchronous discharges resembling creutzfeldt–jakob disease |
topic | Neurology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8384121/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34447347 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2021.701178 |
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