Myxedema Associated with Cardiac Tamponade

Pericardial effusion is frequently found in patients diagnosed with hypothyroidism, yet it is rarely associated with cardiac tamponade. This report presents an atypical case concerning a 60-year-old Taiwanese female, with a history of thyroidectomy surgery due to thyroid cancer, who was later diagno...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Japanese Heart Journal 2003, Vol.44(3), pp.447-450
Hauptverfasser:	Lin, Chih-Ta, Liu, Chih-Jen, Lin, Tin-Kwang, Chen, Chih-Wei, Chen, Bin-Chen, Lin, Chih-Lon
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Cardiac tamponade Cardiac Tamponade - etiology Cardiac Tamponade - therapy Female Hormone Replacement Therapy Humans Hypothyroidism - complications Medical sciences Middle Aged Myxedema Myxedema - etiology Myxedema - therapy Pericardial effusion Pericardial Effusion - complications Pericardiocentesis Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Surgery of endocrine glands Thyroid Neoplasms - surgery Thyroidectomy Thyroxine - therapeutic use Tropical medicine
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Zusammenfassung:	Pericardial effusion is frequently found in patients diagnosed with hypothyroidism, yet it is rarely associated with cardiac tamponade. This report presents an atypical case concerning a 60-year-old Taiwanese female, with a history of thyroidectomy surgery due to thyroid cancer, who was later diagnosed with myxedema and cardiac tamponade. Treatment included an immediate pericardiocentesis followed by thyroxine hormone replacement therapy. Postoperative and recovery phases progressed favorably, and the patient's prognosis is good.
ISSN:	0021-4868 1348-673X
DOI:	10.1536/jhj.44.447