Thyrotoxicosis Presenting With Acute Cholecystitis: A Case Report and Literature Review

Hyperthyroidism primarily presents with the symptoms and signs of thyrotoxicosis. However, many cases might present with a precipitating factor that unmasks the hyperthyroid status of the patients. These factors are associated with a stress condition, with infections being the most common factors, d...

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Autores principales: Elhaj, Maab F, Magboul, Hiba, Ahmed, Ashraf O, Sasi, Sreethish, Saleh, Ahmed O
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8800661/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35141089
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20840
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author Elhaj, Maab F
Magboul, Hiba
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Saleh, Ahmed O
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description Hyperthyroidism primarily presents with the symptoms and signs of thyrotoxicosis. However, many cases might present with a precipitating factor that unmasks the hyperthyroid status of the patients. These factors are associated with a stress condition, with infections being the most common factors, diabetic ketoacidosis, acute coronary syndrome, and pulmonary embolism. We present a case of hyperthyroidism masqueraded as acalculous cholecystitis.
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spelling pubmed-88006612022-02-08 Thyrotoxicosis Presenting With Acute Cholecystitis: A Case Report and Literature Review Elhaj, Maab F Magboul, Hiba Ahmed, Ashraf O Sasi, Sreethish Saleh, Ahmed O Cureus Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism Hyperthyroidism primarily presents with the symptoms and signs of thyrotoxicosis. However, many cases might present with a precipitating factor that unmasks the hyperthyroid status of the patients. These factors are associated with a stress condition, with infections being the most common factors, diabetic ketoacidosis, acute coronary syndrome, and pulmonary embolism. We present a case of hyperthyroidism masqueraded as acalculous cholecystitis. Cureus 2021-12-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8800661/ /pubmed/35141089 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20840 Text en Copyright © 2021, Elhaj 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.
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title_full Thyrotoxicosis Presenting With Acute Cholecystitis: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_fullStr Thyrotoxicosis Presenting With Acute Cholecystitis: A Case Report and Literature Review
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title_short Thyrotoxicosis Presenting With Acute Cholecystitis: A Case Report and Literature Review
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topic Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8800661/
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