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A Rare Case of Renal Impairment Caused by Primary Hypothyroidism

An association between hypothyroidism and renal impairment has rarely been reported in the literature. We describe a case of hypothyroidism that was associated with otherwise unexplained acute kidney impairment, which was reversed with treatment. A 21-year-old female patient presented to her family...

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Autores principales: Choy, Joleen, Yaxley, Julian, Yaxley, William
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Academy of Family Medicine 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5975993/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29788711
http://dx.doi.org/10.4082/kjfm.2018.39.3.204
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description An association between hypothyroidism and renal impairment has rarely been reported in the literature. We describe a case of hypothyroidism that was associated with otherwise unexplained acute kidney impairment, which was reversed with treatment. A 21-year-old female patient presented to her family physician with myalgia, and preliminary investigations revealed an elevated level of creatine kinase and poor renal function. Primary hypothyroidism was diagnosed and no other apparent etiology for renal failure could be identified despite extensive investigations by the Nephrology Department. Notably, the patient’s renal impairment showed prompt resolution following thyroid hormone replacement.
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spelling pubmed-59759932018-05-31 A Rare Case of Renal Impairment Caused by Primary Hypothyroidism Choy, Joleen Yaxley, Julian Yaxley, William Korean J Fam Med Case Report An association between hypothyroidism and renal impairment has rarely been reported in the literature. We describe a case of hypothyroidism that was associated with otherwise unexplained acute kidney impairment, which was reversed with treatment. A 21-year-old female patient presented to her family physician with myalgia, and preliminary investigations revealed an elevated level of creatine kinase and poor renal function. Primary hypothyroidism was diagnosed and no other apparent etiology for renal failure could be identified despite extensive investigations by the Nephrology Department. Notably, the patient’s renal impairment showed prompt resolution following thyroid hormone replacement. Korean Academy of Family Medicine 2018-05 2018-05-18 /pmc/articles/PMC5975993/ /pubmed/29788711 http://dx.doi.org/10.4082/kjfm.2018.39.3.204 Text en Copyright © 2018 The Korean Academy of Family Medicine This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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