Psychosis Related With Hashimoto Thyroiditis: A case report

2016-03-25T20-21-33Z
Source: Düşünen Adam: The Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences
Ruken Ağaçhanlı, Özlem Devrim Balaban, Menekşe Sıla Yazar, Nezih Eradamlar.
Hashimoto's thyroiditis is an autoimmune disease characterized with inflammation of the thyroid gland. Psychiatric symptoms are frequently seen with Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Major depression is the most common affective disorder with a prevalence of %33-43. Psychotic disorders can be seen in the rate of %5. In this case report; a patient, recently diagnosed with hypothyroidism and involved into a psychotic process due to his hypothyroidism, is discussed. The patient's refusal of oral intake and lack of parenteral preparation of thyroxine in our country were the factors that made the treatment more complicated. The aim of this case report is to emphasize the importance of the routine laboratory examinations especially during the first admittion to the hospital. And we want to underline the difficulty of thyroid replacement therapy of patients who do not or can not get oral medication due to lack of preparation of parenteral thyroxine in our country.


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