Abstract

VIAMONTE TAPIA, María Norbelis et al. Severe pericardial effusion in a patient with hypothyroidism . MEDISAN [online]. 2012, vol.16, n.12, pp. 1942-1947. ISSN 1029-3019.

The case of an apparently healthy 40 year-old patient is reported, who was attended in "Dr. Joaquín Castillo Duany" Clinical Surgical Hospital of Santiago de Cuba to present with epigastric abdominal pain for several months, no irradiated and associated with discomfort in anterior chest, breathing difficulty, swelling of the legs, weakness, drowsiness and joint pains, as well as slow gait, impaired memory, and other symptoms. The results of additional tests confirmed a pericardial effusion of hypothyroid cause. A replacement therapy was administered with thyroid hormones (sodium levothyroxine). He made good progress and was discharged from the hospital, but he was reevaluated at 3 months and a significant improvement was observed.

Keywords : man; pericardial effusion; hypothyroidism; secondary health care.

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