Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences in endocrinology

ea0034p138 | Clinical practice/governance and case reports | SFEBES2014

Acute confusional state in the thyroid clinic: autoimmunity as a multi-edge knife

Chortis Vasileios , Edmunds Matthew , Littleton Edward , Boelaert Kristien

A 67-year-old lady with a 3-year history of GravesÂ’ hyperthyroidism complicated by florid GravesÂ’ ophthalmopathy attended the thyroid clinic at University Hospital Birmingham for routine follow up. Her thyrotoxicosis had been managed with long-term carbimazole treatment with good control. Her past medical history included coeliac disease and hypertension. On clinic review, she appeared acutely confused and disorientated and had evidently lost weight. Her family repor...