Cardinal features | Relative frequency | |
Cognitive dysfunction | Ranges from mild inattention and anxiety to agitated delirium, rarely coma | Common, especially with acute and more severe thyrotoxicosis |
Seizures | Usually generalized tonic-clonic seizures that usually occur with encephalopathy in acute thyrotoxicosis | Uncommon |
Tremor | High frequency, low amplitude | Common |
Chorea | Unifocal or multifocal, sustained or paroxysmal | Rare |
Stroke | Usually cardioembolic, associated with thyrotoxic-induced atrial fibrillation | Rare |
Myopathy | Usually mild proximal muscle weakness with normal serum CK | Common, but may be subclinical |
Polyneuropathy | Usually an axonal sensory polyneuropathy Rare demyelinating polyneuropathy | Approximately 25 percent, but may be subclinical |
Myasthenia gravis | Perhaps more likely to be ocular rather than generalized | Uncommon |
Periodic paralysis | Usually associated with hypokalemia | Rare |
Graves' ophthalmopathy | Proptosis, restricted eye movements | Approximately 25 percent of patients with Graves' disease |
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