Fatal Thyrotoxic Crisis
作者:
Gilbert,
Herman Sawait,
Kanluen Joseph,
Monforte Mujtaba,
Husain Werner,
Spitz Mark,
期刊:
The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
(OVID Available online 1986)
卷期:
Volume 7,
issue 2
页码: 174-176
ISSN:0195-7910
年代: 1986
出版商: OVID
关键词: Graves' disease;Thyrotoxic crisis;Sudden death;Radioimmunoassay
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
&NA;Graves' disease is a form of hyperthyroidism. A rare complication of Graves' disease is thyrotoxic crisis. Although the crisis is frequently fatal, it is a distinctly unusual cause of sudden death. We investigated the case of a young woman with Graves' disease who died suddenly. Radioimmunoassay tests of thyroid function were used to establish the diagnosis.
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