Severe and Symptomatic Calcium Disorders Caused by Secondary Bone Disease in a Patient with a Thyroid Storm

Severe and Symptomatic Calcium Disorders Caused by Secondary Bone Disease in a Patient with a Thyroid Storm

A patient with Graves’ disease was admitted with a thyroid storm. She had severe hypercalcaemia caused by thyrotoxicosis. Treatment was complicated by vomiting and diarrhoea. With intravenous ondansetron, hydration and bisphosphonates, GI symptoms improved and oral thyreostatics could be started. Th...

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Main Authors: Lycke Renate Woittiez, Bart Jacobus Cornelis Hendriks, Elsbeth Johanna Wesselink, Marcel te Paske, Boris Lambertus Johannes Kanen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SMC MEDIA SRL 2014-10-01
Series:European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
Subjects:
thyrotoxicosis
hypercalcaemia
bone disease
hungry bone syndrome
Online Access:http://ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/117

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