title: Hashimoto encephalopathy with fulminant myocarditis.
abstract: There are very limited data concerning the association of lymphocytic thyroiditis with cardiomyopathy, and there is only one published report of fatal cardiomyopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis. An association of Hashimoto encephalopathy (HE) with autoimmune myocarditis has not yet been reported. Here we describe a case of a 31-year-old man with autoimmune thyroiditis complicated by HE, who succumbed to autoimmune myocarditis. This association raises the possibility that HE and myocarditis may share a common pathogenetic mechanism in some cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Podberezin
authors.forename: Matthew N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Meriggioli
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Locante
authors.forename: Andras
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Voros
authors.forename: Tibor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Valyi-Nagy
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kajdacsy-Balla
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood; D015551:Autoimmunity; D001344:Autopsy; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D004660:Encephalitis; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D050031:Hashimoto Disease / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D010951:Plasma Exchange; D013256:Steroids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D013256:Steroids; C056626:thyroid microsomal antibodies