Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg. 2014; 20(4): 305-307 | DOI: 10.5505/tjtes.2014.99248
Thyroid Storm Due To Head Injury
Gülşah Yılmaz Karaören1, Omer Torun Sahin1, Zeynel Abidin Erbesler2, Nurten Bakan11Istanbul Umraniye Training And Research Hospital, Istanbul Tukey
2Van Ercis State Hospital, Van, Turkey
In this case report, we would like to present a 36-year-old male patient injured in a street fight without any disease previously known, who was accepted to our Intensive Care Unit with the preliminary diagnoses of minimal cerebral contusion and aspiration pneumonia however by the physical examination, clinical and laboratory findings, was diagnosed as thyroid storm due to trauma.
In the current literature, only a few cases reported showing thyroid storm induced by trauma and we would like to present the clinical features and management of this life threatening endocrinological emergency.
Keywords: Brain contusion, Complications-trauma, Hyperthyroidism, Thyrotoxic Storm, Pneumonia, aspiration
Gülşah Yılmaz Karaören, Omer Torun Sahin, Zeynel Abidin Erbesler, Nurten Bakan. Thyroid Storm Due To Head Injury. Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg. 2014; 20(4): 305-307
Corresponding Author: Gülşah Yılmaz Karaören, Türkiye
Manuscript Language: English