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Case Reports
. 1984 Feb;51(2):231-2.
doi: 10.1136/hrt.51.2.231.

Massive pericardial effusion in a hypothyroid child

L H Williams, R Jayatunga, O Scott
Case Reports

Massive pericardial effusion in a hypothyroid child

L H Williams et al. Br Heart J. 1984 Feb.

Abstract

A child with Down's syndrome and long standing severe hypothyroidism had a massive pericardial effusion without cardiac tamponade. The effusion completely resolved with medical treatment without pericardiocentesis.

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