Myxedema Coma Complicated by Pancytopenia. 2019

Charles T Mupamombe, and Felix M Reyes, and Derek B Laskar, and Joseph Gorga
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY, USA.

Hypothyroidism is common, with an extreme manifestation of myxedema coma if untreated. Hematologic consequences of myxedema coma include mild leukopenia and anemia, rarely pancytopenia. We present a patient with typical symptoms of myxedema coma, but found to be pancytopenic, with sustained response to levothyroxine and blood transfusion for anemia.

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