Trauma-related thyroid storm in adolescents: A case report.

BACKGROUND

Because of a scant report, it is little known that thyroid storms can occur after trauma, even in adolescence. Significantly, this increases the risk of delaying diagnosis resulting in life-threatening.

CASE PRESENTATION: A 13-year-old girl was admitted to the emergency department after a traffic accident. Despite receiving comprehensive trauma care, the patient developed hyperthermia and tachycardia that did not respond to temperature management therapy. On the 10th day of her admission, she was diagnosed with a thyroid storm. Treatment for thyroid storm was initiated; thereby, her condition was totally improved.

CONCLUSION

We experienced a case of an adolescent girl, who developed a thyroid storm during the treatment of trauma and could save her life. Clinicians should consider thyroid storm in post-traumatic hyperthermia and tachycardia patients, even in children.