Sudden extensive bloody pleural and pericardial effusion in a subject with untreated known hypothyroidism after total thyroidectomy, triggered by pneumonia.

Background: In subjects with hypothyroidism, edema is often observed, and pleural effusion and pericardial fluid could be also observed. The color of such fluid retention is usually yellow. Here we show a very rare case with hypothyroidism who had bloody pleural effusion and bloody pericardial fluid...

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Publicado en:BMC Endocrine Disorders Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 1 - 8
Autores principales: Iwamoto, Yuichiro, Tatsumi, Fuminori, Katakura, Yukino, Dan, Kazunori, Wamata, Ryo, Kimura, Tomohiko, Shimoda, Masashi, Nakanishi, Shuhei, Kaku, Kohei, Mune, Tomoatsu, Kaneto, Hideaki
Formato: case study diagnostic images pictorial tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: BioMed Central 9/17/2022
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