Myxedema psychosis

Hypothyroidism Presenting as Psychosis: Myxedema Madness Revisited.

Hypothyroidism is a medical condition commonly encountered in a variety of clinical settings. The clinical presentations of thyroid hormone deficiency are diverse, complicated, and often overlooked. Hypothyroidism is a potential etiology for multiple somatic complaints and a variety of psychological disturbances. The physical complaints are primarily related to metabolic slowing secondary to la...

A Case Report of Psychosis in a Patient of Myxedema: Myxedema Madness

Myxedema coma

RAIONALE Myxedema coma (MC) is extremely rare but lethal in pediatric patients with hypothyroidism leading to altered mental status and hypothermia. But there is no clinical guideline for such cases. PATIENT CONCERNS A 6-year-old Chinese girl presented with coma and hypothermia preceded by pneumonia. Her lab results were: free thyroxin (T4) 4.18 pmol/L and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) > ...

Nivolumab induced myxedema crisis

BACKGROUND Nivolumab is an anti-programmed cell death (anti-PD-1) monoclonal antibody that is approved by Food and Drug Administration for treatment of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, metastatic melanoma, relapsed Hodgkin lymphoma and advanced renal cell cancer. We report a rare case of myxedema crisis induced by nivolumab in a patient with metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of lung. C...

Myxedema Heart Disease

In recent years there have appeared occasional reports of cases of hypothyroidism in which associated findings have been interpreted as evidence of the presence of myxedema heart disease. Fahr5 has pointed out the lack of consideration which has been given to the cardiac features of hypothyroidism in text-books, and until the recent publication of a volume12 devoted to heart disease the space g...