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PRIMARY HYPOTHYROIDISM AND ESSENTIAL HYPERNATREMIA IN A PATIENT WITH HISTIOCYTOSIS X
Author(s) -
MA J. T. C.,
LAM K. S. L.,
WANG C.,
YEUNG R. T. T.,
HO F. C. S.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1985.tb02742.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hypernatremia , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , sodium , organic chemistry , chemistry
:A 27 year old woman with histiocytosis X had an unusual initial presentation with features of primary hypothyroidism and a goitre. Diagnosis was made by lung and thyroid biopsies. Endocrine tests showed the presence of hypopituitarism and a discrete suprasellar mass, consistent with hypothalamic histiocytosis X, was demonstrated by computerised tomography. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy arrested the clinical progression of the disease.