Thyroid crisis presenting as coma.
Coma is a rare complication of thyrotoxicosis. A patient with coma due to a thyroid crisis is reported. The EEG showed extremely slow and low voltage activity, which gradually returned to normal. Coma as a presenting symptom of thyroid crisis has not been reported before.
D000328:Adult; D003128:Coma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013958:Thyroid Crisis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis