Cerebrovascular Accident due to Thyroid Storm: Should We Anticoagulate?

Thyroid storm following radioactive iodine (RAI) therapy for pediatric graves disease

PATIENT Female, 11 FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Thyroid storm Symptoms: Diarrhea • tachycardia • tachypnea • tremor • wheezing MEDICATION - Clinical Procedure: - Specialty: - OBJECTIVE Rare disease. BACKGROUND A growing number of pediatric endocrinologists treat Graves disease with radioactive iodine (RAI) therapy due to the typically definitive nature of I-131 therapy. Given the published benefits a...

حاملگی پرخطر به علت طوفان تیرویید: گزارش موردی

Background: Graves' disease is the most common cause (85% of all cases) of thyrotoxicosis in women in childbearing age. Many of the symptoms are similar to hyper-metabolic status during pregnancy. The cause of the disease is autoantibodies that stimulate the thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) receptor. Hyperthyroidism is uncommon in pregnancy and its prevalence is 0.1-%0.4. In this paper we intr...

Thyroid storm presenting as status epilepticus and stroke.

Progressive Ischemic Stroke due to Thyroid Storm-Associated Cerebral Venous Thrombosis

BACKGROUND Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is a rare but fatal complication of hyperthyroidism that is induced by the hypercoagulable state of thyrotoxicosis. Although it is frequently difficult to diagnose CVT promptly, it is important to consider it in the differential diagnosis when a hyperthyroid patient presents with atypical neurologic symptoms. CASE REPORT A 49-year-old Japanese female ...

Impending thyroid storm in a pregnant woman with undiagnosed hyperthyroidism

RATIONALE Thyroid storm is a rare complication during caesarean section of patients with hyperthyroidism. It occurs abruptly, with a high mortality rate if not recognized immediately and aggressively treated. Herein, we reported a case of impending thyroid storm during a caesarean section. PATIENT CONCERNS A healthy 23-year-old woman with undiagnosed hyperthyroidism underwent an emergency cae...