Abstract 47: A case of Post-COVID-19 thyrotoxicosis and a cavalcade of complications
Thyroid dysfunction has been reported following COVID-19 infection in the recent past. A 50 year old hypertensive female with no previous thyroid illness, developed features of thyrotoxicosis two weeks after a COVID-19 infection. There was no thyromegaly, neck pain or fever and her ESR was 15 mm/hou...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism 2022-03, Vol.26 (Suppl 1), p.S21-S21 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Thyroid dysfunction has been reported following COVID-19 infection in the recent past. A 50 year old hypertensive female with no previous thyroid illness, developed features of thyrotoxicosis two weeks after a COVID-19 infection. There was no thyromegaly, neck pain or fever and her ESR was 15 mm/hour. She was initiated on propranolol and methimazole in an outside hospital. Ten days later, she presented to our hospital with fever, sore throat, cough and breathing difficulty. On evaluation she was found to be in neutropenic sepsis (WBC -820 cells/mm3, ANC-6 cells/mm3). Evaluation of thyroid functions showed: TSH- |
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ISSN: | 2230-9500 2230-8210 2230-8210 2230-9500 |
DOI: | 10.4103/2230-8210.342164 |