Febrile Hashimoto's encephalopathy

Acute Febrile Encephalopathy

An immortalized cell line derived from human ADENOCARCINOMA, ALVEOLAR basal epithelial cells isolated from the lungs of a male patient in 1972. The cell line is positive for KERATIN, can synthesize LECITHIN, and contains high levels of POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS in its PLASMA MEMBRANE. It is used as a model for PULMONARY ALVEOLI function and virus infections, as a TRANSFECTION host, and for PR...

Febrile encephalopathy: challenges in management.

Acute onset Fever and Altered Sensorium: Acute Febrile Encephalopathy

A patient presenting with fever and altered sensorium constitutes a medical emergency. Emergency clinicians need to accurately diagnose and administer timely antimicrobials and adjunctive therapies to those who need them while attempting to avoid unnecessary, timeconsuming, and invasive testing and treatment of patients without these diseases. Early recognition, efficient decision making and ra...

An Unusual Cause for Altered Sensorium - A Case Report

Hashimotos encephalopathy is an autoimmune disorder, with high titres of antithyroid peroxidase antibody, usually with a clinically and biochemically normal thyroid function. Here we present a case of hashimotos encephalopathy in a 34yr old man, who presented with acute onset of cognitive impairment on a background of psychiatric illness. Initially a probability of neuroleptic malignant syndrom...

Changes in Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers in Human Herpesvirus-6-Associated Acute Encephalopathy/Febrile Seizures

To determine the involvement of oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of acute encephalopathy associated with human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) infection, we measured the levels of oxidative stress markers 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) and hexanoyl-lysine adduct (HEL), tau protein, and cytokines in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) obtained from patients with HHV-6-associated acute encephalopathy (HHV-...