Myxoedema ascites.

Myxoedema ascites.

A case of myxoedema ascites complicating ischaemic heart disease is reported. Partial thyroid hormone replacement therapy, given slowly, eventually produced a diuresis and complete resolution of the ascites after a delay of 4 weeks.

Hypothermic Myxoedema

The photomotogram (P.M.G.) of the Achilles tendon reflex was studied in 26 patients with hypothermia (rectal temperature 333°C or less), 10 of whom also had myxoedema (serum protein bound iodine 2-8 Fg/100 ml or less). No reflex could be elicited in eight (31%) ofthese patients, including three ofthose with myxoedema. Hypothermia increases both the contraction and the relaxation times of the re...

Anginal Pain in Myxoedema.

The Electrocardiogram in Myxoedema.

Myxoedema with enophthalmos.

IN hypothyroidism, the palpebral fissures are generally narrowed, in striking contrast to the stare of Graves's disease. This narrowing of the palpebral fissures, which is attributed to the myxoedematous swelling of the eyelids, often gives a false impression of enophthalmos. True enophthalmos (i.e. backward displacement of the eye in the orbit) may occur in myxoedema (Lemoine, 1938), but seems...