Psychosis secondary to thyrotoxicosis that persisted post-thyroidectomy: a case report
Shiva Kothari,
William Townsend,
Zuhaib Chaudhry
et al.
Abstract:Background
This case report is of a patient with psychosis secondary to thyrotoxicosis that persisted and reemerged after definitive treatment of thyroidectomy, which is a unique occurrence in the literature.
Case presentation
This patient is a male between 30 and 35 years of age with a history of Graves Disease and no past psychiatric history who was admitted to the hospital due to psychosis secondary to thyrotoxicosis. The thyrotoxicosis was trea… Show more
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