Myxedema Coma Complicated by Pancytopenia
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...
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| author | Charles T. Mupamombe Felix M. Reyes Derek B. Laskar Joseph Gorga |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj-art-ccd452cf54684833a8a3991d75f747bd2025-02-03T05:59:38ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352019-01-01201910.1155/2019/23207512320751Myxedema Coma Complicated by PancytopeniaCharles T. Mupamombe0Felix M. Reyes1Derek B. Laskar2Joseph Gorga3SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY, USASUNY Downstate Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY, USASUNY Downstate Medical Center, Department of Pathology, Brooklyn, NY, USAKings County Hospital Center, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Brooklyn, NY, USAHypothyroidism 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/2320751 |
| spellingShingle | Charles T. Mupamombe Felix M. Reyes Derek B. Laskar Joseph Gorga Myxedema Coma Complicated by Pancytopenia Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Myxedema Coma Complicated by Pancytopenia |
| title_full | Myxedema Coma Complicated by Pancytopenia |
| title_fullStr | Myxedema Coma Complicated by Pancytopenia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Myxedema Coma Complicated by Pancytopenia |
| title_short | Myxedema Coma Complicated by Pancytopenia |
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