Thyroid crisis presenting as coma

Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 1984;86(4):295-8. doi: 10.1016/0303-8467(84)90292-0.

Abstract

Coma is a rare complication of thyrotoxicosis. A patient with coma due to a thyroid crisis is reported. The EEG showed extremely slow and low voltage activity, which gradually returned to normal. Coma as a presenting symptom of thyroid crisis has not been reported before.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Coma / diagnosis
  • Coma / etiology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Thyroid Crisis / complications*
  • Thyroid Crisis / diagnosis