Thyroid storm
Thyrotoxicosis and thyroid storm I. What every physician needs to know. Thyroid storm is a rare, life-threatening condition characterized by excess thyroid hormone concentrations, or thyrotoxicosis. Thyroid storm can develop in patients with either partially treated or untreated hyperthyroidism (secondary to Graves’ disease, toxic multinodular goiter, solitary toxic adenoma), but it is most often precipitated…