Cardiac tamponade in Hashimoto's disease.
Myxedematous pericardial effusions, occurring in about one-third of patients with hypothyroidism, usually do not cause symptoms and regress slowly with hormonal treatment. We report a cardiac tamponade inaugural of a Hashimoto's disease.
Marijon
Eloi
E
Jani
Dinesh
D
Aubert
Stéphane
S
Ferreira
Beatriz
B
Dreyfus
Gilles
G
D000328:Adult; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D050031:Hashimoto Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D010492:Pericardiectomy