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ArticleActa endocrinologica (Bucharest, Romania : 2005)

CEREBELLAR ATAXIA AS A PRESENTING FEATURE OF HYPOTHYROIDISM.

S K Kotwal, S Kotwal, R Gupta, J B Singh, A Mahajan

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Article in Acta endocrinologica (Bucharest, Romania : 2005). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

S K KotwalGovernment Medical College Jammu, Medicine Department, Jammu, India.
S KotwalGovernment Medical College Jammu, Pathology Department, Jammu, India.
R GuptaGovernment Medical College Jammu, Medicine Department, Jammu, India.
J B SinghGovernment Medical College Jammu, Medicine Department, Jammu, India.
A MahajanGovernment Medical College Jammu, Medicine Department, Jammu, India.
University of Jammu · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextBesides its typical features, hypothyroidism comes to notice sometimes with neurologic features like reversible cerebellar ataxia, dementia, peripheral neuropathy, coma, etc. Therefore hypothyroidism should be suspected in all cases of cerebellar ataxia, as it is easily treatable.

objectiveHere we illustrate a case of hypothyroidism initially reported with cerebellar ataxia. CASE REPORT: A 40 year-old male presented with history of gait-ataxia. His investigations revealed frank primary hypothyroidism with positive anti-TPO antibody. The patient was put on thyroxine and he improved completely within eight weeks.

conclusionsThis case report emphasizes that hypothyroidism can present with ataxia as one of the initial features. Therefore, hypothyroidism should be considered in all cases of cerebellar ataxia as it is a reversible cause of ataxia.

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cerebellar ataxiahypothyroidismthyroxine

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PMID31258805
PMCPMC6586745
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