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Table 1 Characteristics of reported cases

From: Living donor liver transplantation for a patient with acute liver failure following thyroid storm: a case report

 

Case

Pre-existing

thyroid disease

Other organ failure

Treatment for thyroid storm

Thyroid hormone just before LT

Outcome

Hambleton et al. [6]

22 y.o

Female

Pregnancy-related Graves’ disease

None

Thyroidectomy

Normalized

Alive

de Campos Mazo et al. [7]

19 y.o

Female

Hyperthyroidism

None

Plasmapheresis

Thyroidectomy

N/A

Alive

Our case

40s

Female

Basedow’s disease

Heart failure

Renal failure

Post-cardiac arrest

Plasmapheresis

Thyroidectomy

Improved

Alive

  1. T-Bil, total bilirubin; LT, liver transplantation; N/A, not available