Myxoedema Coma Masquerading as Acute Stroke

Butter, Christopher and Rashid, Nazia and Banatwalla, Rumaisa and FitzGerald, Thomas (2020) Myxoedema Coma Masquerading as Acute Stroke. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 7 (7). pp. 1-3. ISSN ISSN: 2284-2594

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Abstract

This report describes the management of a patient with myxoedema coma masquerading as an acute stroke (with or without ‘cold sepsis’). Myxoedema coma is an endocrine emergency occurring when physiological adaptations to untreated hypothyroidism are overwhelmed by an acute precipitant. Even promptly treated, it has an associated mortality of up to 50%.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Myxoedema coma, thyroid emergencies, hypothyroidism
Subjects:	600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale)
Depositing User:	Marina Spanti
Date Deposited:	14 Dec 2021 14:35
Last Modified:	14 Dec 2021 14:35
URI:	http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/20930

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