Abstract

QUISBERT GUTIERREZ, Hans Freddy  and  LINARES MENGOA, Miriam. [ARTICULO RETRACTADO] VÓMITO TIROTÓXICO: PRESENTACIÓN INFRECUENTE DEL HIPERTIROIDISMO. REPORTE DE CASO. Rev. Méd. La Paz [online]. 2009, vol.15, n.1, pp.57-61. ISSN 1726-8958.

We report a 53-year-old woman with a 1-week history of weight loss, epigastrio pain, nausea and severe vomiting that carne to the emergeney room. Physical examination showed a painful abdomen on palpation, fine tremor of her hands and reflexes were brisk. The patient underwent an extensive work-up, including an abdominal ultrasound and endoscopy. After admission, thyroid hormones showed elevated levels of free thyroxine and triiodothyronine while thyrotropin was suppressed. Therapy was begun with propiltiouracil and propanolol which decrease her clinical symptoms. The patient was discharged from the hospital without any complaint.

Keywords : Hyperthyroidism; thyroid; vomiting.

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