This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citation map  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

Report of Two Cases

FRED MADENBERG, M.D.; GEORGE V. BYFIELD, M.D.; LYLE A. BAKER, M.D.

AMA Arch Intern Med. 1954;93(5):787-795.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

Anasarca to a slight degree was not uncommon though in no instance was it excessive. On the other hand, passive effusions into serous cavities, sometimes to a considerable amount, were frequently noted.

ALTHOUGH this quotation dates back to a report of a Committee of the Clinical Society of London nominated in 1883 to investigate the subject of myxedema,¹ nevertheless, the reports of a combination of myxedema and ascites since that time are infrequent. Watson and associates² reported that only 22 well-established cases of myxedema with ascites had been recorded prior to 1941. While the recognition of a typical case of myxedema should not be difficult, actually some confusion may be encountered, especially when there are findings of serous effusions, dyspnea, and a great amount of pitting edema. McGavack³ notes that a number of such cases are admitted to hospitals as cardiac cases. Ascites in such a patient . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
HINES, ILL.

From the Medical Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, and the University of Illinois.

Footnotes
The statements and conclusions published by the authors are the result of their own study and do not necessarily reflect the opinion or policy of the Veterans Administration.

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?