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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
There are no x-ray findings associated with myxedema coma. | There are no x-ray findings associated with myxedema coma. However, an x-ray may be helpful in the diagnosis of complications of myxedema coma, which include [[cardiomegaly]], [[pericardial effusion]], [[congestive heart failure]], or [[pleural effusion]]. | ||
==X Ray== | ==X Ray== | ||
There are no x-ray findings associated with myxedema coma. However, an x-ray may be helpful in the diagnosis of complications of myxedema coma, which include [[cardiomegaly]], [[pericardial effusion]], [[congestive heart failure]], or [[pleural effusion]].<ref name="pmid26424958">{{cite journal |vauthors=Majid-Moosa A, Schussler JM, Mora A |title=Myxedema coma with cardiac tamponade and severe cardiomyopathy |journal=Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) |volume=28 |issue=4 |pages=509–11 |year=2015 |pmid=26424958 |pmc=4569241 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | There are no x-ray findings associated with myxedema coma. However, an x-ray may be helpful in the diagnosis of complications of myxedema coma, which include [[cardiomegaly]], [[pericardial effusion]], [[congestive heart failure]], or [[pleural effusion]].<ref name="pmid26424958">{{cite journal |vauthors=Majid-Moosa A, Schussler JM, Mora A |title=Myxedema coma with cardiac tamponade and severe cardiomyopathy |journal=Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) |volume=28 |issue=4 |pages=509–11 |year=2015 |pmid=26424958 |pmc=4569241 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
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![[Cardiomegaly]] | ![[Cardiomegaly]] | ||
|*[[Cardiac enlargement]] | | | ||
*[[Cardiac enlargement]] | |||
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![[Pleural effusion]] | ![[Pleural effusion]] | ||
|* Lateral decubitus view: | | | ||
* Lateral decubitus view: | |||
** Visible small amounts of fluid layering against the dependent [[parietal pleura]] | ** Visible small amounts of fluid layering against the dependent [[parietal pleura]] | ||
* PA and AP CXR: | * PA and AP CXR: | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aditya Ganti M.B.B.S. [2]
Overview
There are no x-ray findings associated with myxedema coma. However, an x-ray may be helpful in the diagnosis of complications of myxedema coma, which include cardiomegaly, pericardial effusion, congestive heart failure, or pleural effusion.
X Ray
There are no x-ray findings associated with myxedema coma. However, an x-ray may be helpful in the diagnosis of complications of myxedema coma, which include cardiomegaly, pericardial effusion, congestive heart failure, or pleural effusion.[1]
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