Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Chronic longstanding hypothyroidism is a known cause of pericardial effusion. However, cardiac tamponade as the primary presentation of Hashimoto’s hypothyroidism is relatively uncommon.Case description: A 34-year-old African American woman presented to the ER complaining of shortness of breath, fever, cough and precordial chest pain of 1 day duration. Examination revealed an obese female with patchy alopecia and dry skin in mild respi...