Enfermedad de von Willebrand como manifestación clínica inhabitual del hipotiroidismo primario: Caso clínico

Patients with hypothyroidism may have a minor increase in their bleeding tendency, causing easy bruising and menorrhagia. There is a positive correlation between factor VIII coagulant activity and thyroxin serum levels. Thus, patients with hypothyroidism have an acquired coagulation defect that is r...

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Autores principales: Concha N,Rodrigo, Borzone V,María Alejandra, Castillo N,Marcelo, Rossle S,Alberto, Quevedo L,Iván
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spelling oai:scielo:S0034-988720050007000092014-08-12Enfermedad de von Willebrand como manifestación clínica inhabitual del hipotiroidismo primario: Caso clínicoConcha N,RodrigoBorzone V,María AlejandraCastillo N,MarceloRossle S,AlbertoQuevedo L,Iván Hashimoto disease Thyroiditis, autoimmune von Willebrand disease Patients with hypothyroidism may have a minor increase in their bleeding tendency, causing easy bruising and menorrhagia. There is a positive correlation between factor VIII coagulant activity and thyroxin serum levels. Thus, patients with hypothyroidism have an acquired coagulation defect that is reversible with thyroxin supplementation. We report two sisters, aged 13 and 11 years, who met the criteria for von Willebrand's disease at the age of eight. Both sisters had a primary hypothyroidism due to Hashimoto's thyroiditis, diagnosed three years later. Thyroid hormone replacement normalized von Willebrand factor, factor VIII, and the bleeding diathesis disappeared. Acquired von Willebrand's disease is an unusual manifestation of hypothyroidism. However the possibility of hypothyroidism should be considered in patients presenting with von Willebrand diseaseinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.133 n.7 20052005-07-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872005000700009es10.4067/S0034-98872005000700009
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language Spanish / Castilian
topic Hashimoto disease
Thyroiditis, autoimmune
von Willebrand disease
spellingShingle Hashimoto disease
Thyroiditis, autoimmune
von Willebrand disease
Concha N,Rodrigo
Borzone V,María Alejandra
Castillo N,Marcelo
Rossle S,Alberto
Quevedo L,Iván
Enfermedad de von Willebrand como manifestación clínica inhabitual del hipotiroidismo primario: Caso clínico
description Patients with hypothyroidism may have a minor increase in their bleeding tendency, causing easy bruising and menorrhagia. There is a positive correlation between factor VIII coagulant activity and thyroxin serum levels. Thus, patients with hypothyroidism have an acquired coagulation defect that is reversible with thyroxin supplementation. We report two sisters, aged 13 and 11 years, who met the criteria for von Willebrand's disease at the age of eight. Both sisters had a primary hypothyroidism due to Hashimoto's thyroiditis, diagnosed three years later. Thyroid hormone replacement normalized von Willebrand factor, factor VIII, and the bleeding diathesis disappeared. Acquired von Willebrand's disease is an unusual manifestation of hypothyroidism. However the possibility of hypothyroidism should be considered in patients presenting with von Willebrand disease
author Concha N,Rodrigo
Borzone V,María Alejandra
Castillo N,Marcelo
Rossle S,Alberto
Quevedo L,Iván
author_facet Concha N,Rodrigo
Borzone V,María Alejandra
Castillo N,Marcelo
Rossle S,Alberto
Quevedo L,Iván
author_sort Concha N,Rodrigo
title Enfermedad de von Willebrand como manifestación clínica inhabitual del hipotiroidismo primario: Caso clínico
title_short Enfermedad de von Willebrand como manifestación clínica inhabitual del hipotiroidismo primario: Caso clínico
title_full Enfermedad de von Willebrand como manifestación clínica inhabitual del hipotiroidismo primario: Caso clínico
title_fullStr Enfermedad de von Willebrand como manifestación clínica inhabitual del hipotiroidismo primario: Caso clínico
title_full_unstemmed Enfermedad de von Willebrand como manifestación clínica inhabitual del hipotiroidismo primario: Caso clínico
title_sort enfermedad de von willebrand como manifestación clínica inhabitual del hipotiroidismo primario: caso clínico
publisher Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate 2005
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872005000700009
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