1. Cardiac tamponade in a patient with primary hypothyroidism
- Author
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Harsha V. Patil, Vaibhav Agrawal, Virendra C. Patil, and Sanjay Patil
- Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty ,endocrine system ,endocrine system diseases ,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Hormone replacement ,Case Report ,Pericardial effusion ,lcsh:Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology ,Endocrinology ,Cardiac tamponade ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,In patient ,lcsh:RC799-869 ,thyroxine ,Unusual case ,lcsh:RC648-665 ,business.industry ,Primary hypothyroidism ,medicine.disease ,pericardial effusion ,Surgery ,Pericardiocentesis ,pericardiocentesis ,Cardiology ,lcsh:Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology ,hypothyroidism ,business ,hormones, hormone substitutes, and hormone antagonists ,Medical literature - Abstract
Pericardial effusion is frequently found in patients with hypothyroidism, but it is rarely associated with cardiac tamponade. Hypothyroidism complicated by cardiac tamponade is rarely referenced in the medical literature. Here we report an unusual case of a 45-year-old female, who presented with breathlessness and was found to have hypothyroidism with large pericardial effusion with cardiac tamponade. Treatment included an emergency pericardiocentesis followed by thyroxine hormone replacement.
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- 2011