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COVID-19 Associated Thyroid Storm: A Case Report
INTRODUCTION: The distinction between coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and thyroid storm can be extremely difficult to determine on clinical grounds alone as there is significant overlap between the signs and symptoms of each. CASE REPORT: We present a case of a patient with thyroid storm trigger...
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University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8610451/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34813431 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2021.5.52692 |
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author | Sullivan, Kevin Helgeson, Jana McGowan, Andrew |
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description | INTRODUCTION: The distinction between coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and thyroid storm can be extremely difficult to determine on clinical grounds alone as there is significant overlap between the signs and symptoms of each. CASE REPORT: We present a case of a patient with thyroid storm triggered by underlying COVID-19 infection. CONCLUSION: Infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is linked to dysregulation of the thyroid gland through numerous mechanisms, although thyroid storm triggered by COVID-19 appears rare, with only a single case previously identified in the literature. |
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spelling | pubmed-86104512021-11-29 COVID-19 Associated Thyroid Storm: A Case Report Sullivan, Kevin Helgeson, Jana McGowan, Andrew Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med Case Report INTRODUCTION: The distinction between coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and thyroid storm can be extremely difficult to determine on clinical grounds alone as there is significant overlap between the signs and symptoms of each. CASE REPORT: We present a case of a patient with thyroid storm triggered by underlying COVID-19 infection. CONCLUSION: Infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is linked to dysregulation of the thyroid gland through numerous mechanisms, although thyroid storm triggered by COVID-19 appears rare, with only a single case previously identified in the literature. University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021-08-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8610451/ /pubmed/34813431 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2021.5.52692 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Sullivan et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) |
spellingShingle | Case Report Sullivan, Kevin Helgeson, Jana McGowan, Andrew COVID-19 Associated Thyroid Storm: A Case Report |
title | COVID-19 Associated Thyroid Storm: A Case Report |
title_full | COVID-19 Associated Thyroid Storm: A Case Report |
title_fullStr | COVID-19 Associated Thyroid Storm: A Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 Associated Thyroid Storm: A Case Report |
title_short | COVID-19 Associated Thyroid Storm: A Case Report |
title_sort | covid-19 associated thyroid storm: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8610451/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34813431 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2021.5.52692 |
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