Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2021 Jan 25;9(3):1816-1818.
doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3857. eCollection 2021 Mar.

Pericardial effusion uncovering underlying hypothyroidism

Anoosha Ponnapalli  1 , Smit S Deliwala  1 , Yazan Zayed  1 , Ghassan Bachuwa  1
Affiliations

Pericardial effusion uncovering underlying hypothyroidism

Anoosha Ponnapalli et al. Clin Case Rep. .

Abstract

Pericardial effusion may be the tipping point to unravel hypothyroidism. Large effusions may not correlate with severity of cardiovascular compromise. Medical therapy over surgical intervention is appropriate if no evidence of cardiac tamponade.

Keywords: hypothyroidism; myxedema; pericardial disease; pericardial effusion.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

None to declare.

Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Myxedema demonstrating features of hypothyroidism
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
Chest radiograph demonstrating enlarged cardiac silhouette
FIGURE 3
FIGURE 3
Computerized Tomography (CT) demonstrating large pericardial effusion
FIGURE 4
FIGURE 4
Transthoracic echocardiogram with four‐chamber view showing pericardial effusion
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Chahine J, Ala CK, Gentry JL, Pantalone KM, Klein AL. Pericardial diseases in patients with hypothyroidism. Heart. 2019;105(13):1027‐1033.. - PubMed

LinkOut - more resources