Thyroid Storm Unmasked: A Rare Case of Acute COVID-19-Induced Thyroid Storm

Thyroid storm is a severe form of thyrotoxicosis with a mortality rate of 8%-25% despite modern advancements in both early identification and treatment. It is more common in patients with a history of Graves’ disease; however, its incidence remains as low as 0.57-0.76 cases per 100,000 per year. In...

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Autores principales: Pumphrey, Tate, Rizzo, Andrew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Epidemiology/Public Health
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10599096/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37885516
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.45906
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Sumario:Thyroid storm is a severe form of thyrotoxicosis with a mortality rate of 8%-25% despite modern advancements in both early identification and treatment. It is more common in patients with a history of Graves’ disease; however, its incidence remains as low as 0.57-0.76 cases per 100,000 per year. In the setting of newly diagnosed COVID-19 with subsequent development of thyroid storm, the presentation is increasingly rare with only two reported cases in the current literature.

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