Application of Plasma Exchange in Steroid-Responsive Encephalopathy

Steroid-responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis.

BACKGROUND Steroid-responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis (SREAT), often termed Hashimoto encephalopathy, is a poorly understood and often misdiagnosed entity. OBJECTIVE To characterize the clinical, laboratory, and radiologic findings in patients with SREAT to potentially improve recognition of this treatable entity. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of clinical featu...

Steroid-Responsive Recurrent Encephalopathy Associated with Subacute Thyroiditis

BACKGROUND Steroid-responsive encephalopathy associated with subacute thyroiditis has, to our knowledge, not been reported previously. CASE REPORT A 49-year-old woman was found collapsed and brought to our institution with decreased mentality, dysarthria, and gait disturbance. Brain magnetic resonance imaging and angiography were normal but blood tests revealed thyroid-autoantibody-negative t...

Hashimoto's encephalopathy: response to plasma exchange.

We report a case of 52-year-old female with steroid-unresponsive Hashimoto's encephalopathy. She underwent plasma exchange that resulted in marked clinical improvement.

Acute bilirubin encephalopathy in healthy term neonates requiring exchange transfusion

Intruduction: There is a growing concern about an increasing bilirubin-induced neurological dysfunction (BIND) in healthy term neonates with no evidence of hemolytic disease or other risk factors. This study was done to determine the incidence of BIND in otherwise healthy, breast-fed newborn term infants without hemolysis who underwent exchange transfusion.   Methods: This study was conducted i...

Application of Plasma Exchange in Patients with History of Unexplained Recurrent Abortion: A Case Series