A Very Uncommon Case of Myxedema Coma: Rediscovery of an Old Presentation

Myxedema coma is an extreme manifestation of hypothyroidism. It is characterized by altered mental status and hypothermia. The most common precipitants of myxedema coma include discontinuation of thyroid supplements and infections. Therefore, the mainstay of treatment is IV glucocorticoids and IV le...

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Autores principales: AlShanableh, Zain, Wong, Krista M, Haidous, Mohammad, Chakhachiro, Deema, Altaqi, Basel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9393320/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36017275
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.27177
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author AlShanableh, Zain
Wong, Krista M
Haidous, Mohammad
Chakhachiro, Deema
Altaqi, Basel
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description Myxedema coma is an extreme manifestation of hypothyroidism. It is characterized by altered mental status and hypothermia. The most common precipitants of myxedema coma include discontinuation of thyroid supplements and infections. Therefore, the mainstay of treatment is IV glucocorticoids and IV levothyroxine. We describe a case of an 81-year-old woman with myxedema coma who developed acute cardiopulmonary failure with associated pericardial and pleural effusions, which are rare manifestations of myxedema coma.
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spelling pubmed-93933202022-08-24 A Very Uncommon Case of Myxedema Coma: Rediscovery of an Old Presentation AlShanableh, Zain Wong, Krista M Haidous, Mohammad Chakhachiro, Deema Altaqi, Basel Cureus Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism Myxedema coma is an extreme manifestation of hypothyroidism. It is characterized by altered mental status and hypothermia. The most common precipitants of myxedema coma include discontinuation of thyroid supplements and infections. Therefore, the mainstay of treatment is IV glucocorticoids and IV levothyroxine. We describe a case of an 81-year-old woman with myxedema coma who developed acute cardiopulmonary failure with associated pericardial and pleural effusions, which are rare manifestations of myxedema coma. Cureus 2022-07-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9393320/ /pubmed/36017275 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.27177 Text en Copyright © 2022, AlShanableh 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.
spellingShingle Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism
AlShanableh, Zain
Wong, Krista M
Haidous, Mohammad
Chakhachiro, Deema
Altaqi, Basel
A Very Uncommon Case of Myxedema Coma: Rediscovery of an Old Presentation
title A Very Uncommon Case of Myxedema Coma: Rediscovery of an Old Presentation
title_full A Very Uncommon Case of Myxedema Coma: Rediscovery of an Old Presentation
title_fullStr A Very Uncommon Case of Myxedema Coma: Rediscovery of an Old Presentation
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title_short A Very Uncommon Case of Myxedema Coma: Rediscovery of an Old Presentation
title_sort very uncommon case of myxedema coma: rediscovery of an old presentation
topic Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9393320/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36017275
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.27177
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