Cardiac tamponade in a patient with primary hypothyroidism

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 bre...

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Main Authors: Virendra C Patil, Harsha V Patil, Vaibhav Agrawal, Sanjay Patil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2011-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
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Online Access:http://www.ijem.in/article.asp?issn=2230-8210;year=2011;volume=15;issue=6;spage=144;epage=146;aulast=Patil
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description 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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spelling doaj.art-e79be7f108f144258f5ec716091777b92022-12-21T18:50:09ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism2230-82102230-95002011-01-0115614414610.4103/2230-8210.83358Cardiac tamponade in a patient with primary hypothyroidismVirendra C PatilHarsha V PatilVaibhav AgrawalSanjay PatilPericardial 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.http://www.ijem.in/article.asp?issn=2230-8210;year=2011;volume=15;issue=6;spage=144;epage=146;aulast=PatilCardiac tamponadehypothyroidismpericardial effusionpericardiocentesisthyroxine
spellingShingle Virendra C Patil
Harsha V Patil
Vaibhav Agrawal
Sanjay Patil
Cardiac tamponade in a patient with primary hypothyroidism
Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Cardiac tamponade
hypothyroidism
pericardial effusion
pericardiocentesis
thyroxine
title Cardiac tamponade in a patient with primary hypothyroidism
title_full Cardiac tamponade in a patient with primary hypothyroidism
title_fullStr Cardiac tamponade in a patient with primary hypothyroidism
title_full_unstemmed Cardiac tamponade in a patient with primary hypothyroidism
title_short Cardiac tamponade in a patient with primary hypothyroidism
title_sort cardiac tamponade in a patient with primary hypothyroidism
topic Cardiac tamponade
hypothyroidism
pericardial effusion
pericardiocentesis
thyroxine
url http://www.ijem.in/article.asp?issn=2230-8210;year=2011;volume=15;issue=6;spage=144;epage=146;aulast=Patil
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