Table 2 Reported cases of thyroid crisis due to thyroid cancer
From: Thyroid crisis caused by metastatic thyroid cancer: an autopsy case report
No. | Age | Sex | Pathology | Metastasis | Trigger | Outcome | Graves’ disease | Remarks | Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 20 | F | PTC | no | 1) pregnancy? 2) delivery | alive | + propylthiouracil | two episodes of thyroid crisis 1) at 25 weeks gestation 2) at 2 weeks post-partum | 14 |
2 | 71 | F | FVPTC | bone, lung | contrast-enhanced CT incisional biopsy | death | + no treatment | Â | 9 |
3 | 68 | M | FVPTC | bone | total thyroidectomy | alive | + thiamazole | Â | 15 |
4 | 66 | F | FVPTC | bone, lung | total thyroidectomy | death | – |  | 10 |
5 | 54 | M | FTC | bone | burn injury surgery | death | unknown | post total thyroidectomy and treatment with radioactive iodine before 14 months | 16 |
6 | 91 | F | FTC ATC | bone, lung | unknown | death | – | primary ATC arising from FTC and multiple FTC metastases | our case |