Publication: Steroid-responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis (SREAT) presenting with pure cerebellar ataxia
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2018-01-01
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Mahidol University
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Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements. Vol.8, (2018)
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Pichet Termsarasab, Yuvadee Pitakpatapee, Steven J. Frucht, Prachaya Srivanitchapoom Steroid-responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis (SREAT) presenting with pure cerebellar ataxia. Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements. Vol.8, (2018). doi:10.7916/D8CZ4QQQ Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/47138
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Steroid-responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis (SREAT) presenting with pure cerebellar ataxia
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© 2018 Termsarasab et al. Background: Myoclonus and tremor are common movement disorder phenomenologies in steroid-responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis (SREAT). Pure ataxia without encephalopathy has rarely been reported. Case report: We report 21- and 40-year-old females who presented with subacute pure ataxia without encephalopathy. After immunotherapies, both exhibited initial improvement of ataxia, and subsequently remained in plateau phase. Discussion: This treatable disorder should be added to the differential diagnoses of progressive cerebellar ataxia, and anti-thyroid peroxidase and antithyroglobulin should be considered as part of the workup. It is crucial not to misdiagnose SREAT presenting with pure cerebellar ataxia as degenerative or spinocerebellar ataxia.