DOI: 10.12890/2020_001563

Myxoedema Coma Masquerading as Acute Stroke

Authors

  • Christopher Butter St Peter's Hospital, Lyne, Chertsey, Surrey, UK
  • Nazia Rashid St Peter's Hospital, Lyne, Chertsey, Surrey, UK
  • Rumaisa Banatwalla St Peter's Hospital, Lyne, Chertsey, Surrey, UK
  • Thomas FitzGerald St Peter's Hospital, Lyne, Chertsey, Surrey, UK

christopher.butter@nhs.net

Keywords

Myxoedema coma, thyroid emergencies, hypothyroidism

Abstract

This report describes the management of a patient with myxoedema coma masquerading as an acute stroke (with or without ‘cold sepsis’). Myxoedema coma is an endocrine emergency occurring when physiological adaptations to untreated hypothyroidism are overwhelmed by an acute precipitant. Even promptly treated, it has an associated mortality of up to 50%.

View the entire article

Downloads

Published

2020-04-22

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 7 (2020)

How to Cite

1.
Butter C, Rashid N, Banatwalla R, FitzGerald T. Myxoedema Coma Masquerading as Acute Stroke. EJCRIM [Internet]. 2020 Apr. 22 [cited 2026 Nov. 3];7(7). Available from: https://ejcrim.com/index.php/ejcrim/article/view/1563

Most read articles by the same author(s)