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- Title
Chylous Ascites as a Manifestation of Thyrotoxic Cardiomyopathy in a Patient with Untreated Graves' Disease.
- Authors
Min-Huang Hsieh; Ching-Chu Chen; Tzu-Yuan Wang; Chwen-Tzuei Chang
- Abstract
Background:Thyrotoxicosis is an uncommon cause of heart failure, and patients with heart failure rarely present with chylous ascites. In this report, we describe a patient with uncontrolled Graves' disease with thyrotoxicosis, heart failure, and chylous ascites.Summary:A 39-year-old woman with no previous cardiac disease presented with dyspnea, orthopnea, palpitations, exophthalmos, goiter, distended abdomen, and pedal edema. The thyroid function tests demonstrated hyperthyroid Graves' disease (serum-free triiodothyronine level, 7.12 pg/mL [reference range, 2.0–4.0]; free thyroxine level, 4.33 ng/dL [reference range, 0.54–1.40]; thyroid-stimulating hormone level, <0.015 μU/mL [reference range, 0.34–5.60]; and thyrotropin receptor antibodies, 84.5% [reference value, <15%]). The chest radiograph showed moderate cardiomegaly and bilateral pleural effusions, electrocardiogram revealed atrial fibrillation, and the abdominal sonography found ascites. Chylous ascites was diagnosed by paracentesis and analysis of the ascitic fluid (triglyceride level, 347 mg/dL). Laboratory and imaging studies demonstrated no apparent hepatic dysfunction, abnormal tumor, lymphadenopathy, or lymphatic drainage deficit. With aggressive treatment of the heart failure and hyperthyroid state, her dyspnea, pleural effusion, chylous ascites, and edema resolved completely within a few days.Conclusions:Chylous ascites may develop as a result of heart failure secondary to thyrotoxic cardiomyopathy and resolve promptly if treated appropriately.
- Subjects
CARDIOMYOPATHIES; GRAVES' disease; ASCITES; HYPERTHYROIDISM; WOMEN patients; HEART failure; CHEST X rays
- Publication
Thyroid, 2010, Vol 20, Issue 6, p653
- ISSN
1050-7256
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1089/thy.2010.0020