| Isolated ascites in hypothyroidism: medical and ethical issues. | |
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PMID: 21404750 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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Hypothyroidism presenting as ascites is one of the rarest clinical scenarios encountered in medical practice. A case of a 65-year-old woman, presenting with progressive onset ascites, secondary to underlying hypothyroidism, which responded to thyroid hormone replacement therapy is reported. A feature of hypothyroidism Induced ascites is the high protein content of the ascitic fluid (> 2.5 g/dl), a high serum albumin ascites gradient (SAAG) and the consistent drastic response of ascites to thyroid hormone replacement. Hypothyroid ascites is thus a very rare manifestation of the primary disease, but should be borne in mind when other causes of ascites are ruled out and the ascitic fluid shows typical features. |
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Cyriac Abby Philips; Uma Sinha; Partha Chattopadhyay; Prasanta Mukhopadhyay; Swaraj Haldar |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Journal of the Indian Medical Association Volume: 108 ISSN: 0019-5847 ISO Abbreviation: J Indian Med Assoc Publication Date: 2010 Aug |
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Created Date: 2011-03-16 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7505608 Medline TA: J Indian Med Assoc Country: India |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 523-4 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of General Medicine, Nilratan Sircar Medical College, Kolkata 700014. |
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