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Severe myxedema coma and pericardial effusion in a child with Down syndrome: the importance of adherence to levothyroxine therapy

open access: yesThe Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
Background. Myxedema coma is a rare, but life-threatening endocrinological emergency. Myxedema is characterized by altered mental status, and is accompanied by hypotension, bradycardia, hypothermia, bradypnea, hyporeflexia, hyponatremia, and ...
Hatice Feray Arı   +3 more
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Ogilvie′s syndrome in a case of myxedema coma

open access: yesIndian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2012
Ogilvie′s syndrome [acute colonic pseudo-obstruction (ACPO)] presents as massive colonic dilatation without a mechanical cause, usually in critically ill patients due to imbalanced sympathetic and parasympathetic activity.
Uday Yanamandra   +3 more
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Myxedema Coma

open access: yesJKS (Jurnal Kedokteran Syiah Kuala), 2009
Abstrak. Myxedema coma merupakan keadaan hlpotiroid berat yang disertai dengan penurunan status mental, hipotermia, dan beberapa keadaan Lain.  Berdasarkan  demografi keadaan  ini terjadi pada O, l % dari seluruh kejadian hipotiroid dengan angka ...
Krishna Wardhana Sucipto
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Evaluation of cardiac ischaemia in cardiac asymptomatic newly diagnosed untreated patients with primary hypothyroidism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
BACKGROUND: Hypothyroidism is regarded as a risk factor for coronary artery disease. Possible factors involved in this association are hyperlipidaemia and hypertension, both occurring with increased frequency in hypothyroid patients. The aim of our study
Berghout, A. (Arie)   +2 more
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PROPHYLAXIS OF VITAMIN AND MINERAL DEFICITS IN CHILDREN

open access: yesВопросы современной педиатрии, 2012
Nowadays one of the most pressing problems of prophylactic pediatrics is the provision of children with vitamins and minerals. In the article we review physiological role of calcium, vitamin D and iron, prevalence and clinical presentations of respective
O. V. Stennikova   +2 more
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Elephantiasis nostras verrucosa: an atypical presentation following intrapelvic lymphoma [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Elephantiasis nostras verrucosa is a progressively debilitating and disfiguring disease commonly presenting with verrucous, cobblestone-like papules, nodules, or plaques with nonpitting edema in the lower extremities.
Dahle, Sara E   +3 more
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Scientific Method for Medical Practitioners: The Case Method of Teaching Pathology in Early Twentieth-Century Edinburgh [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The appointment of James Lorrain Smith as first full-time professorof pathology at the University of Edinburgh in 1912 led to a series of reformsin pathology teaching there.
Sturdy, Steven
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Exophthalmos Myxedema Acropachy Syndrome: A Case Report.

open access: yesIranian Journal of Public Health, 2014
Exophthalmos, myxedema, and acropachy are collectively named Exophthalmos myxedema acropachy (EMA) syn-drome, which is a rare syndrome associated with hypertcardiotrophia. Among patients with hyperthyreosis, EMA has an incidence less than 1%.
Qian Zhao   +3 more
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Myxedema madness complicating postoperative follow-up of thyroid cancer

open access: yesArchives of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Although hypothyroidism is associated with an increased prevalence of psychiatric manifestations, myxedema madness is rarely observed. We report the case of a 62-year-old woman with no prior history of psychiatric disorders, who presented to the ...
Yanina J. Morosán Allo   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

ENDOCRINE PATHOLOGY. ETIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS OF ENDOCRINOPATHY: DYSFUNCTION OF THYROID AND PARATHYROIND GLANDS

open access: yesВопросы современной педиатрии, 2012
This lecture deals with etiology, pathogenesis and clinical presentation of thyroid and parathyroid hyper — and hypofunction, adrenal pathology. This lecture is also supplemented with multiple choice tests and a clinical case with keys for self testing.
P. F. Litvitskii
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