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Panhypopituitarism and Central Hypothyroidism Presenting as Myoclonus and Hyperreflexia

Panhypopituitarism may present with symptoms of predominantly one or more hormonal deficiencies. Central hypothyroidism usually presents with typical symptoms of hypothyroidism, such as fatigue, weight gain, menstrual abnormalities, bradycardia, thick, coarse skin, muscle fasciculations, and hyporef...

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Autores principales: Nadeem, Ifrah, Khan, Wahab J, Nadeem, Anum, Wadood, Abdul, Thapa, Sudan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10275397/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37332415
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39140
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author Nadeem, Ifrah
Khan, Wahab J
Nadeem, Anum
Wadood, Abdul
Thapa, Sudan
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description Panhypopituitarism may present with symptoms of predominantly one or more hormonal deficiencies. Central hypothyroidism usually presents with typical symptoms of hypothyroidism, such as fatigue, weight gain, menstrual abnormalities, bradycardia, thick, coarse skin, muscle fasciculations, and hyporeflexia, among others. Herein we present a case of central hypothyroidism along with panhypopituitarism presenting with unusual symptoms of tongue fasciculation, hyperreflexia, and myoclonic jerks.
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spelling pubmed-102753972023-06-17 Panhypopituitarism and Central Hypothyroidism Presenting as Myoclonus and Hyperreflexia Nadeem, Ifrah Khan, Wahab J Nadeem, Anum Wadood, Abdul Thapa, Sudan Cureus Internal Medicine Panhypopituitarism may present with symptoms of predominantly one or more hormonal deficiencies. Central hypothyroidism usually presents with typical symptoms of hypothyroidism, such as fatigue, weight gain, menstrual abnormalities, bradycardia, thick, coarse skin, muscle fasciculations, and hyporeflexia, among others. Herein we present a case of central hypothyroidism along with panhypopituitarism presenting with unusual symptoms of tongue fasciculation, hyperreflexia, and myoclonic jerks. Cureus 2023-05-17 /pmc/articles/PMC10275397/ /pubmed/37332415 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39140 Text en Copyright © 2023, Nadeem et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Nadeem, Ifrah
Khan, Wahab J
Nadeem, Anum
Wadood, Abdul
Thapa, Sudan
Panhypopituitarism and Central Hypothyroidism Presenting as Myoclonus and Hyperreflexia
title Panhypopituitarism and Central Hypothyroidism Presenting as Myoclonus and Hyperreflexia
title_full Panhypopituitarism and Central Hypothyroidism Presenting as Myoclonus and Hyperreflexia
title_fullStr Panhypopituitarism and Central Hypothyroidism Presenting as Myoclonus and Hyperreflexia
title_full_unstemmed Panhypopituitarism and Central Hypothyroidism Presenting as Myoclonus and Hyperreflexia
title_short Panhypopituitarism and Central Hypothyroidism Presenting as Myoclonus and Hyperreflexia
title_sort panhypopituitarism and central hypothyroidism presenting as myoclonus and hyperreflexia
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10275397/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37332415
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39140
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