An autopsy case of thyroid storm associated with chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis.
Hashimoto thyroiditis
Medicolegal autopsy
Postmortem biochemistry
Thyroid toxicosis
Journal
Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
ISSN: 1873-4162
Titre abrégé: Leg Med (Tokyo)
Pays: Ireland
ID NLM: 100889186
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
05 Sep 2019
05 Sep 2019
Historique:
received:
16
04
2019
revised:
15
08
2019
accepted:
03
09
2019
pubmed:
8
4
2020
medline:
8
4
2020
entrez:
8
4
2020
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
A Japanese woman in her 30s was found dead on a mattress. She had had fever, cough, and dyspnea for about 2 weeks. Gross examination at autopsy revealed slight enlargement of the thyroid gland and histopathological examination resulted in a diagnosis of chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis. The concentration of triiodothyronine in the cadaveric blood was extraordinarily high, whereas that of thyroid stimulating hormone was below the detection limit. Autoimmune antibodies against thyroid tissue were positive. The cause of death was assumed to be congestive heart failure caused by thyroid storm associated with chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis. Systemic histopathological examination of tissues and postmortem biochemistry can enable a diagnosis in medicolegal autopsies.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32259690
pii: S1344-6223(19)30291-3
doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2019.101624
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
101624Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.