Myxedema Psychosis after Levothyroxine Withdrawal in Radioactive Iodine Treatment of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: A Case Report

Neuropsychiatric symptoms, especially acute psychosis (often referred to as myxedema madness or psychosis), are rare but possible clinical presentations of patients with hypothyroidism. A 42-year-old woman with papillary thyroid carcinoma and recent total thyroidectomy had developed flat affect, par...

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Autores principales:	Nutnicha Pattaravimonporn, Thanat Chaikijurajai, Wichana Chamroonrat, Chutintorn Sriphrapradang
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Publicado:	Karger Publishers 2021
Materias:	hypothyroidism psychotic disorders radioiodine thyroidectomy thyroxine Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens RC254-282
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b07116693fac45808efae469757136ca2021-12-02T12:40:23ZMyxedema Psychosis after Levothyroxine Withdrawal in Radioactive Iodine Treatment of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: A Case Report1662-657510.1159/000520128https://doaj.org/article/b07116693fac45808efae469757136ca2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/520128https://doaj.org/toc/1662-6575Neuropsychiatric symptoms, especially acute psychosis (often referred to as myxedema madness or psychosis), are rare but possible clinical presentations of patients with hypothyroidism. A 42-year-old woman with papillary thyroid carcinoma and recent total thyroidectomy had developed flat affect, paranoid delusion, and visual and auditory hallucination during inpatient admission for elective radioactive iodine treatment. On admission, her history and physical exam did not reveal symptoms and signs of significant hypothyroidism. Other medical causes of acute psychosis were excluded, and the patient was immediately treated with thyroid hormone replacement therapy. Subsequently, her thyroid function normalized, and her psychotic symptoms gradually improved. Although there is a lack of classic signs and symptoms of hypothyroidism, myxedema madness should be recognized as one of the potentially treatable causes of acute psychosis.Nutnicha PattaravimonpornThanat ChaikijurajaiWichana ChamroonratChutintorn SriphrapradangKarger Publishersarticlehypothyroidismpsychotic disordersradioiodinethyroidectomythyroxineNeoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogensRC254-282ENCase Reports in Oncology, Vol 14, Iss 3, Pp 1596-1600 (2021)
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topic	hypothyroidism psychotic disorders radioiodine thyroidectomy thyroxine Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens RC254-282
spellingShingle	hypothyroidism psychotic disorders radioiodine thyroidectomy thyroxine Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens RC254-282 Nutnicha Pattaravimonporn Thanat Chaikijurajai Wichana Chamroonrat Chutintorn Sriphrapradang Myxedema Psychosis after Levothyroxine Withdrawal in Radioactive Iodine Treatment of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: A Case Report
description	Neuropsychiatric symptoms, especially acute psychosis (often referred to as myxedema madness or psychosis), are rare but possible clinical presentations of patients with hypothyroidism. A 42-year-old woman with papillary thyroid carcinoma and recent total thyroidectomy had developed flat affect, paranoid delusion, and visual and auditory hallucination during inpatient admission for elective radioactive iodine treatment. On admission, her history and physical exam did not reveal symptoms and signs of significant hypothyroidism. Other medical causes of acute psychosis were excluded, and the patient was immediately treated with thyroid hormone replacement therapy. Subsequently, her thyroid function normalized, and her psychotic symptoms gradually improved. Although there is a lack of classic signs and symptoms of hypothyroidism, myxedema madness should be recognized as one of the potentially treatable causes of acute psychosis.
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author	Nutnicha Pattaravimonporn Thanat Chaikijurajai Wichana Chamroonrat Chutintorn Sriphrapradang
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title	Myxedema Psychosis after Levothyroxine Withdrawal in Radioactive Iodine Treatment of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: A Case Report
title_short	Myxedema Psychosis after Levothyroxine Withdrawal in Radioactive Iodine Treatment of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: A Case Report
title_full	Myxedema Psychosis after Levothyroxine Withdrawal in Radioactive Iodine Treatment of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: A Case Report
title_fullStr	Myxedema Psychosis after Levothyroxine Withdrawal in Radioactive Iodine Treatment of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed	Myxedema Psychosis after Levothyroxine Withdrawal in Radioactive Iodine Treatment of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: A Case Report
title_sort	myxedema psychosis after levothyroxine withdrawal in radioactive iodine treatment of differentiated thyroid cancer: a case report
publisher	Karger Publishers
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/b07116693fac45808efae469757136ca
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Myxedema Psychosis after Levothyroxine Withdrawal in Radioactive Iodine Treatment of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: A Case Report

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