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Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical CasesMyxedema coma and severe hypothyroidism are rare diagnoses with a high rate of mortality. Associated respiratory failure is well recognized; however, airway compromise as the result of myxedema infrequently is discussed.
Kelsey Perry, Areeba Kara, Amy Munchhof
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A rare cause of polyserositis: Delayed diagnosis of Sheehans syndrome
Medicine Science, 2018 Polyserositis is a challenging differential diagnosis. We present a case of severe serositis in a 51-year-old Caucasian woman complicated by pericardial, peritoneal and pleural exudates in the setting of panhypopituitarism and no other obvious etiology ...
Ugur Gonlugur, Tanseli Gonlugur
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Myxedema Coma: The Prognosis is Improving
, 1993 Insights into the physiology of thyroid hormone deficiency and the elucidation of thyroid hormone action at the cellular and molecular level have improved our understanding of the pathophysiology of myxedema coma.
Jordan, Richard M.
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Pretibial myxedema as the initial manifestation of Graves' disease
, 2002 Pretibial myxedema (PM) is a localized thickening of the pretibial skin due to accumulation of acid mucopolysacharides (glycosaminoglycans): Its pathogenesis is still under investigation.
Georgala, S +5 more
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Extreme Bradycardia During Sleep Apnea Caused by Myxedema
, 1987 • A 52-year-old man with myxedema was evaluated for anterior chest pain that was considered to be compatible with myocardial ischemia. The night after admission he developed extreme bradycardia, hypotension, and apneic episodes lasting up to 25 s ...
Baum, George Leonard +3 more
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Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging findings of ureteral myxedema in Graves' disease.
, 2015 Ureteral myxedema is exceptionally rare. We describe computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging findings in a case of ureteral myxedema. The demonstration of water-like hyperintensity around the ureteral lumen on heavily T2-weighted sequences ...
GAETA, Michele +4 more
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Visual Hallucinations in a Patient with Myxedema Coma
, 2020 Myxedema coma is a rare endocrine complication of hypothyroidism. Infections and cardiovascular diseases are the most common precipitants. Rarely, visual hallucinations are seen as part of the disease process, as they are more commonly caused by other ...
Joseph, Aneeta J. +5 more
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The Treatment of Myxedema [PDF]
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1893 n ...
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, 2011 Although pretibial myxedema (PTM) occurs in 4.3% of patients with Graves’s disease, the most severe variant, elephantiasis nostras verrucosa, is found in less than 1% of cases.The most frequent location of infiltration is the lower extremities ...
Priya Gopie, Vijay Naraynsingh
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Psychotic Features in Hypothyroidism: A Case Series
Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil VidyapeethPsychotic features are uncommon in hypothyroidism and are mainly seen with features of depression. Symptoms, if present, are usually outbursts of anger, irritability, persecutory, and referential delusions but not limited to them.
Swetha Pakki +4 more
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