Sudden extensive bloody pleural and pericardial effusion in a subject with untreated known hypothyroidism after total thyroidectomy, triggered by pneumonia

• Published in: BMC endocrine disorders Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 1 - 7
• Main Authors: Iwamoto, Yuichiro, Tatsumi, Fuminori, Katakura, Yukino, Dan, Kazunori, Wamata, Ryo, Kimura, Tomohiko, Shimoda, Masashi, Nakanishi, Shuhei, Kaku, Kohei, Mune, Tomoatsu, Kaneto, Hideaki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central Ltd 17.09.2022; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Antigens; Bacterial pneumonia; Blood; Bloody pericardial fluid; Bloody pleural effusion; C-reactive protein; Case Report; Chest; Dyspnea; Echocardiography; Edema; Erythrocytes; Graves disease; Heart attacks; Hormone replacement therapy; Hypothyroidism; Leukocytes (neutrophilic); Lymphocytes; Pleural effusion; Pneumonia; Proteins; Respiration; Retention; Sodium; Thrombosis; Thyroid gland; Thyroid hormones; Thyroid-stimulating hormone; Thyroidectomy; Thyrotropin; Thyroxine; Triiodothyronine

Background In subjects with hypothyroidism, edema is often observed, and pleural effusion and pericardial fluid could be also observed. The color of such fluid retention is usually yellow. Here we show a very rare case with hypothyroidism who had bloody pleural effusion and bloody pericardial fluid....