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Sudden cardiac arrest associated with myxedema coma due to undiagnosed hypothyroidism: a case report
BMC Endocrine Disorders, 2021 Background Myxedema coma, which occurs due to hypothyroidism, is a rare and life-threatening condition. Some patients have hemodynamic dysfunction, which consequently leads to cardiac arrest.
Asami Yoshinaka +3 more
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Iron metabolism of intestinal mucosa in various blood diseases [PDF]
, 1964 For the investigation of iron metabolism in the intestinal mucosa in various blood diseases, intestinal biopsy (duodenum) was performed on 10 healthy controls and 35 cases with various blood diseases.
Kimura, Ikuro +2 more
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Myxedema Coma Associated with Macroprolactinoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature
Case Reports in Endocrinology, 2022 Myxedema coma is a rare life-threatening presentation of severe hypothyroidism associated with a high mortality rate. Although most cases are due to primary thyroid failure, a minority have central hypothyroidism as the underlying cause.
Elizabeth Jasola Omoniyi +1 more
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Pediatric Myxedema Coma – presenting as Surgical Abdomen
Journal of Pediatric Critical Care, 2018 Myxedema com, also called myxedema crisis is a rare life threatening clinical condition that represents severe hypothyroidism. It may be the initial presentation in pediatric patients with prolonged untreated hypothyroidism.
G V Basavaraj +2 more
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Successfully treated case of severe hypothermia secondary to myxedema coma
Acute Medicine & Surgery, 2023 Background Myxedema coma is an extremely rare but fatal endocrine emergency that requires urgent recognition and treatment. We describe a case of severe hypothermia that rapidly deteriorated to cardiac arrest that was attributed to myxedema coma.
Hirotsugu Yamamoto +9 more
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 Myxedema coma is a critical disorder with high mortality rates. Disruption of the compensatory mechanism for severe and long-term hypothyroidism by various causes leads to critical conditions, including hypothermia, respiratory failure, circulatory ...
Hiroshi Ito +15 more
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Antigen receptor variable region repertoires expressed by T cells infiltrating thyroid, retroorbital, and pretibial tissue in Graves' disease [PDF]
, 1996 To date, it has remained unclear whether T cells infiltrating thyroid, retroorbital, and pretibial tissue of patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy and pretibial dermopathy represent a primary immune response that is directed against certain antigenic ...
Heufelder, Armin E. +2 more
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Cutis verticis gyrata in a patient with multiple basal cell carcinomas; case presentation and review of the literature [PDF]
, 2016 Cutis verticis gyrata is a rare disease characterized by convoluted folds and deep furrows of the scalp, resembling the gyri and sulci of the cerebral cortex.
Benea, Vasile +6 more
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Thyroxine-Induced preradial myxedema
Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2019 Localized myxedema is most commonly described in patients with hyperthyroidism, especially Graves' disease. Although pretibial myxedema generally appears as indurated plaques on the shins, it has also been rarely reported in other areas such as the face,
Mary Zothanpuii Chhangte +3 more
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