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Case Reports
. 2014 May 26:2014:bcr2014204076.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2014-204076.

Cardiac tamponade in hypothyroidism

Rishi Bajaj  1 , Raman Mehrzad  2 , Kanwaljit Singh  3 , Joseph Puneet Gupta  3
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Case Reports

Cardiac tamponade in hypothyroidism

Rishi Bajaj et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

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Figure 1
Pretibial myxoedema with thickened and inelastic skin.
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ECG showing low voltage in precordial and limb leads.
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Figure 3
Chest X-ray showed enlarged cardiac silhouette.
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Figure 4
Parasternal long axis view on two-dimensional echocardiogram showing large pericardial effusion with heart swinging within the effusion suggestive of cardiac tamponade.
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Serous fluid obtained after pericardiocentesis.
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References

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