Thyroid Storm With Concurrent Covid-19 Infection in a Pediatric Patient

Title: Thyroid Storm with Concurrent COVID-19 Infection in a Pediatric Patient Background: A 16-year-old boy with recently diagnosed hyperthyroidism developed acute worsening of palpitations, tremor, diaphoresis, and shortness of breath in the setting of COVID-19 infection. There is increasing evidence of a relationship between COVID-19 and thyroid disease possibly due SARS-COV-2 use of ACE2 and the transmembrane protease serine 2 (TMPRSS2), which are highly expressed in the thyroid gland, to infect host cells.1 Clinical Case: Patient was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism after presenting to PCP with tremor, palpitations, and weight loss with a TSH