A patient with Graves' disease accompanied by bloody pericardial effusion.
A hyperthyroid patient with bloody pericardial effusion is presented. He was hospitalized for severe dyspnea. Pericardiocentesis yielded 1.2 liters of bloody fluid. Biochemical, cytologic, and radiologic examinations failed to identify the etiology of the effusion. Upon normalization of thyroid function using antithyroid drugs, the pericardial effusion resolved without recurrence. The patient was diagnosed as Graves' disease, which rarely is complicated by bloody pericardial effusion. As it is rarely reported and not widely known, this association may be underdiagnosed.
Nakata
Akio
A
Division of Internal Medicine, Kurobe Municipal Hospital.
Komiya
Ryosuke
R
Ieki
Yasuhiko
Y
Yoshizawa
Hisashi
H
Hirota
Satoshi
S
Takazakura
Eisuke
E
D000328:Adult; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006470:Hemorrhage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000150:complications*