[Hypothyroidism with increased serum levels of cholestanol and bile alcohol--analogous symptoms to cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis].
We reported a 53-year-old woman with hypothyroidism due to ectopic thyroid gland. She showed intellectual impairment, bilateral pyramidal tract sings, slight cerebellar signs, and degenerative changes of brain white matter on CT and MRI, which were similar to symptoms and signs in cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX). We found increases of serum cholestanol in the patient and additional 3 patients with hypothyroidism. Total bile alcohol was also increased in the serum of the patients. We speculate that hypothyroidism and CTX might have a similar pathophysiological background on the development of neurological complications and atherosclerosis.
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University School of Medicine.
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Kuriyama
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D000438:Alcohols / Q000032:analysis*; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism; D001646:Bile / Q000737:chemistry*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002777:Cholestanols / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014973:Xanthomatosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology
D000438:Alcohols; D002777:Cholestanols