title: [Myxedema coma: myth or reality? Discussion apropos of 7 recent cases].
abstract: The authors, in reporting 7 personal cases, confront their findings with previously published data. The study of cases presented as myxedema comas consistently demonstrates a precipitating cause, which in itself can produce a low T3 and T4 syndrome. The occurrence of such a cause in a patient with hypothyroidism can lead to acute decompensation, but should such conditions be considered as myxedema comas since treatment is above all aimed against the acute aggression?
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003128:Coma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009230:Myxedema / Q000150:complications*; D013970:Thyronines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000097:blood; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D013970:Thyronines; D013972:Thyrotropin; D013974:Thyroxine
vernacular_title: Le coma myxoedémateux: mythe ou réalité? Discussion à propos de sept cas récents.