Diagnosis of myxedema coma complicated by renal failure: a case report. 2017

Akiteru Takamura, and Ryusho Sangen, and Yoshiki Furumura, and Daisuke Usuda, and Yuji Kasamaki, and Tsugiyasu Kanda
Department of General Medicine Center Kanazawa Medical University Hospital 1-1 Uchinada Kahoku-gun Ishikawa Japan; Department of Medical Education Kanazawa Medical University 1-1 Uchinada Kahoku-gun Ishikawa Japan; Department of Family Medicine Mie University Graduate School of Medicine 2-174 Edo-bashi Tsu Mie Japan.

Myxedema coma, caused by severe lack of thyroid hormone, is characterized by deterioration of mental status, hypothermia, hypotension, hyponatremia, and hypoventilation. We describe an 84-year-old woman who presented with renal failure and new onset severe hypothyroidism leading to challenges in the recognition of myxedema coma.

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