Cardiac tamponade associated with hypothyroidism in Rwandan child-Acase Report
The author reports the case of a child who presented with huge pericardial effusion complicated to cardiac tamponade secondary to primary hypothyroidism. The most known etiologies of cardiac tamponade were not confirmed, and hypothyroidism was an exclusion diagnosis. Due to the severity of cardiac...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC)/Rwanda Health Communication Center
2019-12-01
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| Series: | Rwanda Medical Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://www.bioline.org.br/pdf?rw19019 |
| Summary: | The author reports the case of a child who presented with huge pericardial effusion complicated to cardiac tamponade
secondary to primary hypothyroidism. The most known etiologies of cardiac tamponade were not confirmed, and hypothyroidism
was an exclusion diagnosis. Due to the severity of cardiac tamponade, pericardiocentesis was performed to relieve
the compression effect. The child improved with Levothyroxine treatment.
Hypothyroidism is a rare cause of pericardial effusion in children. If the pericardial effusion increases in volume, cardiac
tamponade with clinical manifestations can result. The pericardial fluids may be rich in proteins and cholesterol. Treatment
with thyroxine therapy can improve outcomes. |
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| ISSN: | 2079-097X 2410-8626 |