Hiccups as a Rare Presentation of Thyrotoxicosis Triaged by an Epidural Steroid Injection

Thyrotoxicosis manifests when excess levels of thyroid hormone act on different tissues throughout the body. Excess hormone levels can be related to endogenous production or exogenous ingestion and can present differently in patients. It has been theorized that high levels of thyroxine can irritate...

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Autores principales: Al-Radideh, Omar, Farouji, Iyad, DaCosta, Theodore, Abed, Hossam, Baranestky, Nicholas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8369984/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34422470
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16438
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author Al-Radideh, Omar
Farouji, Iyad
DaCosta, Theodore
Abed, Hossam
Baranestky, Nicholas
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description Thyrotoxicosis manifests when excess levels of thyroid hormone act on different tissues throughout the body. Excess hormone levels can be related to endogenous production or exogenous ingestion and can present differently in patients. It has been theorized that high levels of thyroxine can irritate the neuroanatomical hiccup center leading to persistent hiccups. Although extremely rare, physicians should be aware of this entity to allow for proper diagnosis and management. Here, we discuss a rare case of thyrotoxicosis after an epidural steroid injection presenting with intractable hiccups.
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spelling pubmed-83699842021-08-20 Hiccups as a Rare Presentation of Thyrotoxicosis Triaged by an Epidural Steroid Injection Al-Radideh, Omar Farouji, Iyad DaCosta, Theodore Abed, Hossam Baranestky, Nicholas Cureus Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism Thyrotoxicosis manifests when excess levels of thyroid hormone act on different tissues throughout the body. Excess hormone levels can be related to endogenous production or exogenous ingestion and can present differently in patients. It has been theorized that high levels of thyroxine can irritate the neuroanatomical hiccup center leading to persistent hiccups. Although extremely rare, physicians should be aware of this entity to allow for proper diagnosis and management. Here, we discuss a rare case of thyrotoxicosis after an epidural steroid injection presenting with intractable hiccups. Cureus 2021-07-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8369984/ /pubmed/34422470 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16438 Text en Copyright © 2021, Al-Radideh et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism
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Farouji, Iyad
DaCosta, Theodore
Abed, Hossam
Baranestky, Nicholas
Hiccups as a Rare Presentation of Thyrotoxicosis Triaged by an Epidural Steroid Injection
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title_fullStr Hiccups as a Rare Presentation of Thyrotoxicosis Triaged by an Epidural Steroid Injection
title_full_unstemmed Hiccups as a Rare Presentation of Thyrotoxicosis Triaged by an Epidural Steroid Injection
title_short Hiccups as a Rare Presentation of Thyrotoxicosis Triaged by an Epidural Steroid Injection
title_sort hiccups as a rare presentation of thyrotoxicosis triaged by an epidural steroid injection
topic Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8369984/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34422470
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16438
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