title: Reduced serum T3 level in a patient with nodular goiter and cardiac myxoma.
abstract: We report the unusual case of an 87-year-old woman with cardiac myxoma and adenomatous goiter. She exhibited slight elevations of serum interleukin-6 (IL-6), but levels of thyroid hormones such as T3, free T3 and free T4 were all abnormally low. Interleukin-6 may potentiate the alteration of thyroid metabolism.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sumino
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanda
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakamaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ichikawa
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nagai
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006044:Goiter, Nodular / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000097:blood; D009232:Myxoma / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D015850:Interleukin-6; D014284:Triiodothyronine