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...

Periodontitis is a multifactorial disease with microbial dental plaque as the initiator of periodontal disease. However, the manifestation and progression of the disease is influenced by a wide variety of determinants and factors. The strongest type of causal relationship is the association of systemic and periodontal disease. Hashimotos thyroiditis has also been considered as one of the causes...

A 35 year old lady presented with progressive spastic paraparesis and hyperintense signals in the spinal cord and brain. She was noted to have high titres of antithyroid antibodies and primary hypothyroidism. Her muscle biopsy showed perivascular lymphocytes around endomysial vessels. We highlight the association of spinal cord involvement and abnormal muscle biopsy in a case of Hashimotos ence...

INTRODUCTION Graves' orbitopathy is the extra thyroidal manifestation of Graves' disease and the most common cause of exophthalmos. It is also known as thyroid-associated orbitopathy (TAO) as it occasionally occurs in euthyroid or hypothyroid patients with chronic thyroiditis. 5% of patients with Graves' orbitopathy can be euthyroid or hypothyroid as they have low titers of anti-thyrotropin-rec...

how to cite this article: tavasoli ar, gharib b, alizadeh h, farshadmoghaddam h, memarian s, ashrafi mr, sharifzade m. brain on fires: super refractory seizure in a 7 year old boy. iran j child neurol. autumn 2016; 10(4):80-85. abstract we present a 7 year old boy afflicted with super-refractory seizure that responded poorly to antiepileptic drugs and sustained a long course of hospitalization ...