ea0056p1099 | Thyroid (non-cancer) | ECE2018
Nogueira Edson
, Khin Kyaw
, Hope David
, Idowu Oluwagbemiga
, Sathianathan Vivian
, Darko Daniel
, Rahman Mushtaqur
A 58-year old previously independent man with background of poorly-controlled hypothyroidism, T2DM, hypertension, ischaemic cardiomyopathy, and CKD presented to hospital feeling generally unwell, with a dry cough. His regular medications included anti-hypertensives, L-thyroxine 50 μg daily, linagliptin, insulin, aspirin, atorvastatin, and thiamine. On admission, the TSH was 83 mIU/l, free T4 6.5 pmol/l and free T3 was 1.9 pmol/l; four months earlier, the TS...