Pericardial Effusion and Tamponade Complicating Treated Graves' Thyrotoxocosis
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Case Report: A 42 year old lady was admitted with a sixweek history of increasing shortness of breath. She described pleuritic chest pain and had recently noticed ankle oedema. She had no symptoms typical of thyrotoxicosis. There was no relevant past medical history. One week before hospitalisation she was found to have markedly elevated thyroid function tests with Free T4 >100 pmol/L (NR 11-21) and TSH <0.02 mU/L (NR 0.3-4.5) and had commenced treatment with Carbimazole (40 mgs od) and Propanolol (80 mgs b.d.).
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Ulster Medical Journal
دوره 78 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009