Thyroid storm Causes
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Common Causes
Causes by Organ System
| Cardiovascular | Medical stressors like myocardial infarction. |
| Chemical / poisoning | No underlying causes |
| Dermatologic | No underlying causes |
| Drug Side Effect | Iopromide, Pseudoephedrine, Salicylates, NSAID, Chemotherapy, excessive thyroid hormone ingestion, Withdrawal or non compliance with antithyroid medication, acute iodine load. Iodixanol |
| Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
| Endocrine | TSH secreting tumour, Hyperfunctioning thyroid nodule, Hyperfunctioning multinodular goiter, diabetic ketoacidosis. |
| Environmental | No underlying causes |
| Gastroenterologic | No underlying causes |
| Genetic | McCune Albright syndrome |
| Hematologic | No underlying causes |
| Iatrogenic | No underlying causes |
| Infectious Disease | Recent infection. |
| Musculoskeletal / Ortho | No underlying causes |
| Neurologic | No underlying causes |
| Nutritional / Metabolic | No underlying causes |
| Obstetric/Gynecologic | Transplacental passage of maternal thyroid hormone immunoglobulins in neonates, toxemia of pregnancy, molar pregnancy, parturition. |
| Oncologic | No underlying causes |
| Opthalmologic | No underlying causes |
| Overdose / Toxicity | No underlying causes |
| Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
| Pulmonary | No underlying causes |
| Renal / Electrolyte | No underlying causes |
| Rheum / Immune / Allergy | No underlying causes |
| Sexual | No underlying causes |
| Trauma | Direct trauma to the gland. |
| Urologic | No underlying causes |
| Dental | No underlying causes |
| Miscellaneous | Anaesthesia induction, vigorous palpation of thyroid gland, any surgery. |
Causes in Alphabetical Order
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