title: Respiratory syncytial virus infection as a precipitant of thyroid storm in a previously undiagnosed case of graves' disease in a prepubertal girl.
abstract: Graves' disease is less common in prepubertal than pubertal children, and initial presentation with thyroid storm is rare. We report an 11-year-old prepubertal Hispanic girl who presented with a one-day history of respiratory distress, fever, and dysphagia. She had exophthalmos, a diffuse bilateral goiter and was agitated, tachycardic, and hypertensive. Nasal swab was positive for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). She was diagnosed with thyroid storm and admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit. While infection is a known precipitant of thyroid storm and RSV is a common pediatric infection, to the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of RSV infection apparently precipitating thyroid storm in a prepubertal child.
authors: Division of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
authors: Ivy R
authors: IR
authors: Aslan
authors: Elizabeth A
authors: EA
authors: Baca
authors: R William
authors: RW
authors: Charlton
authors: Stephen M
authors: SM
authors: Rosenthal
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