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Case Reports
. 1984;86(4):295-8.
doi: 10.1016/0303-8467(84)90292-0.

Thyroid crisis presenting as coma

D M Laman, A Berghout, L J Endtz, J C van der Vijver, A R Wattendorff
Case Reports

Thyroid crisis presenting as coma

D M Laman et al. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 1984.

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.

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