Table 1.
Patient’s significant laboratory tests
| Laboratory values | Day 0 | Day 7 | Day 13 | Day 25 | 6 months |
| Haemoglobin (130-170 g/L) |
134 | 145 | NA | NA | 137 |
| Creatinine (62–106 umol/L) |
128 | 91 | 87 | 88 | 86 |
| Sodium (136–145 mmol/L) |
131 | 136 | 141 | 140 | 141 |
| Total cholesterol (<5.2 mmol/L) | 6.7 | NA | 5.4 | NA | 4.5 |
| Low-density lipoprotein (<3.36 mmol/L) |
5.2 | NA | 2.8 | NA | 2.6 |
| Thyroid stimulating hormone (0.3–4.2 mIU/L) |
>100 | NA | NA | 4.46 | 2.36 |
| Tetraiodothyronine (11.6–21.9 pmol/L) |
1.6 | NA | NA | 16.9 | 15.8 |
| Creatine kinase * (39–308 U/L) |
18 963 | 10 763 | 1877 | NA | NA |
| Anti-thyroid peroxidase (positive >35 IU/mL) | 31 | 38 | NA | NA | NA |
| Anti-thyroglobulin Ab (positive>60 IU/mL) | NA | 29 | NA | NA | NA |
| Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis shown below: | |||||
| White blood count (0–5 cells/uL) | 1 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Red blood cell count (0–2 cells /uL) | 175 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Glucose (2.22–3.89 mmol/L) |
4.81 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Protein (0.15–0.45 gm/L) |
0.76 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Tuberculosis PCR | Negative | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Cerebrospinal fluid culture | Negative | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Viral PCR† | Negative | NA | NA | NA | NA |
*Highest value of creatine kinase was obtained on the second day and was 21 356 U/L.
†Viruses tested by PCR: adenovirus, EBV, HSV1, HSV2, VZV, mumps, parecho, enterovirus.
NA, not applicable; the test was not done or not repeated.