Thyrotoxicosis and Impending Thyroid Storm: A Rare Paraneoplastic Syndrome in an Infant With Hepatoblastoma. 2023

Neha Vyas, and Arino Neto, and Mauri Carakushansky, and Shilpa Gurnurkar
Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Nemours Children's Health, Orlando, FL 32827, USA.

Graves' disease is the most common cause of pediatric hyperthyroidism and thyrotoxicosis. Thyroid storm is a rare initial manifestation of Graves' disease and represents an endocrine emergency. We report a case of transient hyperthyroidism, possibly a paraneoplastic syndrome presenting as impending thyroid storm in a patient with undiagnosed hepatoblastoma. To our knowledge, this is the first case of this association reported in children. A previously healthy 21-month-old male presented with abdominal pain and unremitting tachycardia. He was managed for thyrotoxicosis and impending thyroid storm. He subsequently was found to have hepatomegaly leading to a diagnosis of hepatoblastoma. Autoimmune markers for Graves' disease were negative, along with a negative human chorionic gonadotropin. After initiation of neoadjuvant chemotherapy, he had complete resolution of thyrotoxicosis. Paraneoplastic syndromes may occur with any tumor. We present a unique case of a patient developing human chorionic gonadotropin-negative hyperthyroidism, possibly as a paraneoplastic syndrome from hepatoblastoma.

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