Thyroid Storm Triggered by Strangulation in a Patient with Undiagnosed Graves’ Disease
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 morta...
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| author | Jorge I. Conte Marilyn A. Arosemena Kunal Kapoor Naomi G. Dempsey Megan L. Zaleski Atil Y. Kargi |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4c0dc9a35a6142e6a5252510a51bdee12025-02-03T05:53:55ZengWileyCase Reports in Endocrinology2090-65012090-651X2018-01-01201810.1155/2018/41906294190629Thyroid Storm Triggered by Strangulation in a Patient with Undiagnosed Graves’ DiseaseJorge I. Conte0Marilyn A. Arosemena1Kunal Kapoor2Naomi G. Dempsey3Megan L. Zaleski4Atil Y. Kargi5Department of Medicine, Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami, Miami, FL, USADepartment of Medicine, Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami, Miami, FL, USADepartment of Medicine, Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami, Miami, FL, USADepartment of Medicine, Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami, Miami, FL, USADivision of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USADivision of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USAThyroid 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4190629 |
| spellingShingle | Jorge I. Conte Marilyn A. Arosemena Kunal Kapoor Naomi G. Dempsey Megan L. Zaleski Atil Y. Kargi Thyroid Storm Triggered by Strangulation in a Patient with Undiagnosed Graves’ Disease Case Reports in Endocrinology |
| title | Thyroid Storm Triggered by Strangulation in a Patient with Undiagnosed Graves’ Disease |
| title_full | Thyroid Storm Triggered by Strangulation in a Patient with Undiagnosed Graves’ Disease |
| title_fullStr | Thyroid Storm Triggered by Strangulation in a Patient with Undiagnosed Graves’ Disease |
| title_full_unstemmed | Thyroid Storm Triggered by Strangulation in a Patient with Undiagnosed Graves’ Disease |
| title_short | Thyroid Storm Triggered by Strangulation in a Patient with Undiagnosed Graves’ Disease |
| title_sort | thyroid storm triggered by strangulation in a patient with undiagnosed graves disease |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4190629 |
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