Open AccessA Case of Pleural Effusion due to Hypothyroidism
Author(s) -
Hyung Joong Oh,
Sun Young Park,
Min Kwang Byun,
Woo Young Chung,
Moo Suk Park,
Jin Wook Moon,
Young Sam Kim,
Joon Chang,
Sung Kyu Kim,
Soon Il Kim
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
tuberculosis and respiratory diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.837
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 2005-6184
pISSN - 1738-3536
DOI - 10.4046/trd.2005.59.3.321
Subject(s) - medicine , pleural effusion , pericardial effusion , serous fluid , ascites , effusion , levothyroxine , complication , heart failure , surgery , thyroid
Serous effusions have been most commonly associated with ascites, pericardial effusion, and heart failure. But, they have been considered to be an unusual form of complication in hypothyroidism and pleural effusion, which has been observed as an isolated finding in hypothyroidism is apparently rare and complete analysis of these types of hypothyroid-associated pleural effusions has yet not been described. We report a case of hypothyroidism associated with unilateral pleural effusion in a 77 year-old male patient who was improved through levothyroxine sodium with brief review of the literature.
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