[Cardiac tamponade in severe hypothyroidism. A rare cause].
Pericardial effusion frequently occurs in patients with hypothyroidism, and this fully justifies the use of echocardiography at the time of diagnosis and during the follow-up of hypothyroidism. Signs indicating that the pericardial effusion is poorly tolerated are rare, and the development of pericardial tamponade is exceptionally reported. A case of tamponade in an elderly woman with severe hypothyroidism is described here. Some physiopathological particularities are emphasized, together with the value of echocardiography for the diagnosis and that of pericardial drainage for the treatment.
Robillon
J F
JF
Service de Médecine interne-Diabétologie-Endocrinologie, Hôpital Pasteur, Nice.
Sanchez
B
B
Vuolo-Rigaud
A M
AM
Creisson
G
G
Gunness
S
S
Morand
P
P
Jourdan
J
J
Freychet
P
P
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D004322:Drainage; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013963:Thyroid Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use
D013963:Thyroid Hormones
Tamponnade cardiaque au cours d'une hypothyroïde sévère. Une cause rare.