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Abstract
A 22-year-old woman was diagnosed with thyrotoxicosis 8 weeks after the diagnosis of a mild COVID-19 infection. She had reported significant unexplained weight loss after testing positive for COVID-19, but failed to seek medical attention. She recovered well from COVID-19, but presented to the emergency department with worsening symptoms of thyrotoxicosis after 2 months. In view of her known history of previously treated Graves’ disease, a recurrence of Graves’ thyrotoxicosis was suspected. A positive thyroid stimulating hormone receptor antibody confirmed the diagnosis. She was started on carbimazole and propranolol treatment with significant improvement of her symptoms.
- COVID-19
- thyroid disease
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Footnotes
Contributors AM wrote up the case report and performed a literature review on thyroid disease related to COVID-19 infections.
Funding The author has not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests None declared.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer-reviewed.