Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Thyroid storm is an extreme disorder that occurs in case of severe thyrotoxicosis. This is a life-threatening condition with mortality rates up to 10–20%. A typical dose of iodinated contrast media (ICM) contains approximately 13.500 µg of free iodide and 15 to 60 g of bound iodine, which represents an acute iodide load of 90 to several hundred thousand times the recommended daily intake of 150 µg. As a result of sudden exposure to high iodide loads...