Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine (Nov 2021)

COVID-19 Associated Thyroid Storm: A Case Report

  • Kevin Sullivan,
  • Jana Helgeson,
  • Andrew McGowan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2021.5.52692
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 4

Abstract

Read online

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.