Citation

Conte JI, Arosemena MA, Kapoor K, Dempsey NG, Zaleski ML, Kargi AY. Case Rep. Endocrinol. 2018; 2018: 4190629.

Affiliation

Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Hindawi Publishing)

DOI

10.1155/2018/4190629

PMID

29487752

PMCID

PMC5816884

Abstract

Thyroid storm is the life-threatening end-organ manifestation of severe thyrotoxicosis. If left untreated, thyroid storm may cause acute heart failure, multiorgan dysfunction, and death. A high degree of suspicion is necessary to make the diagnosis and start antithyroid medications to decrease mortality. Thyroid storm is generally seen in patients with Graves' disease but should also be suspected in patients with fever, tachycardia, altered mental status, and risk factors including local trauma to the neck, such as strangulation. Based on our review, we report the first case of thyroid storm after strangulation as the presentation of previously undiagnosed Graves' disease.

Language: en