Myxedema associated with cardiac tamponade.
Pericardial effusion is frequently found in patients diagnosed with hypothyroidism, yet it is rarely associated with cardiac tamponade. This report presents an atypical case concerning a 60-year-old Taiwanese female, with a history of thyroidectomy surgery due to thyroid cancer, who was later diagnosed with myxedema and cardiac tamponade. Treatment included an immediate pericardiocentesis followed by thyroxine hormone replacement therapy. Postoperative and recovery phases progressed favorably, and the patient's prognosis is good.
Lin
Chih-Ta
CT
Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chia-Yi, Taiwan.
Liu
Chih-Jen
CJ
Lin
Tin-Kwang
TK
Chen
Chih-Wei
CW
Chen
Bin-Chen
BC
Lin
Chih-Lon
CL
D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D020249:Hormone Replacement Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000150:complications; D008875:Middle Aged; D009230:Myxedema / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000150:complications; D020519:Pericardiocentesis; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D013974:Thyroxine